Originally Posted by
PCPero
Hi there, thank you very much for your kind, and interesting response!
But I cancelled all of this, because I found out tires for this bikes are rare, and therefor expensive. Additional fact is my being germany based, so shipping costs leave explode the total. I got lucky in finding another one to buy, so the option of changing both wheels to 14x1,75 is opened with enough of time seeking them.
Ok, originality doesn't look alike, but there are a lot of reasons doing so! Frame #: 2291!
Have a nice Osterfest!
Peter
Tires rare? If it's a rebadged Dahon 20" folder, the tires are 20"/406 x 1.5" or 1.75", many frames can also fit up to 1.95" section. Very commonly available, these tire sizes fit BMX bikes.
First generation Dahon bikes (I think never rebadged as Bickerton) 1980s and 1990s used 16"/305 wheels and tires. Those tires are not as common in bike shops but still available.
Smaller wheel Brompton bikes use 16"/349 wheels and tires, so quite common as there are many Bromptons in current use.