27" tires in Colors
 

Does any one know of a source for Colored 27" tires.
I was hoping to find some NOS in Red or Blue.
Slim chance but worth a try

Thanks

Bump. Does anyone know about coloured 27" tyres?

East Hill

I can't say that I've ever seen them. I suspect the 27" market is no longer large enough to justify it. I wonder if you could color a skinwall or gumwall using an indelible marker?

I'll have to try that! I think I've read that the BMX folks do that? Or is it the rims? But it's worth a shot, unless Blender wants yellow tyres...I don't think that would turn out well.

East Hill

I bought some Vittorias about 3 years ago from Nashbar that were Bianchi Celeste green color in the 27" size. They're called Phoenix 1's, and say "Vittoria Competition" at the label. The sidewalls are white. The exact size is 27 x 1-1/8". Its one of those oddballs that Nashbar had in their clearance tires list so they sold for 10$ or less. They look cool, like putting a set of Vogue tires on your Eldorado, or some snazzy new North Carolina blue Michael Jordan hightops...:p .

Not sure if these are around any more though. I wish I had bought more at the time. I only have the one set on my wife's Puch Pacifica that she never rides... :) .

+1 on the Vittoria Phoenix, I picked up two sets a month apart but in Grey with off white sidewalls. They apparently had some QC problems as my 1st set of 27 X 1 1/4 were a bit fatter than the 700X32s on my Touring bike & had a thick tread, which delighted me but the 2nd set of the same size were more like the 700 X 23s on some of my other bikes. Still a buy at $10each & I should have ordered more, the fat set is still going strong! Don

Thanks, A LBS had some colored 27's they could not get rid of for years but sold them to a guy for a lot price. He could not remember who though.
I was thinking that there is some old stock lying around and I may jog someones memory.
They dont even need to be new

The project is a Bicentenial Varsity. Thought it would be cool to have Red or Blue or both tires.
I could always pick up some 700C Rims. I see lots of choices in that size.
It is a varsity though so I'm not loking to spend too much
I have plenty of 27" gum walls ill try and color

Putting 700c rims on a Varsity sounds kind of questionable with the existing brakes. Even with extra, extra long (like 75mm reach) calipers it would be a stretch, then your marginal braking would probably be even worse. Some of us need to figure out a way to build up mtb disc brake hubs for 120/126mm rear triangle old school bikes and rig up the calipers, rotors and brake levers that would be required.
Man that would be interesting (though not historically correct) and would work much better than the original design. Then you could run 700c tires and have a huge selection of tire widths and tread colors.

I would be happy if I could find 27x1 gum or skin walls.

I have two 27's with skin walls. I'll see what the condition is. I live in pittsburgh though and everyone is from the west coast, so shipping would be not cost effective.

My lbs sells them. thay have some in stock most of the time and will order them if thay dont. starting price 30$ each. I have also seen coloured tire in the shop and will check for them

I bought some white vittorias from Ebay. There were a few other colored 27' being sold at that time.

That is a good idea. I bet there are still a couple of the ten bizzillion Varsitys they made around so I could forgo historical correctness. A semi-modernized Bicentenial VARSITY has enough Americana in it to withstand the HC criticism.

Try here:
http://www.biketiresdirect.com/searc...1321&c=7170923
or try here:
http://www.bikepartsusa.com/view.asp...e&f_c2=27+inch
I've installed the IRC, 27x1, Triathlon-Duro, Kevlar Belted, tires on my Paramount but wasn't able to do so until after the snow started flying--- so I haven't ridden on them yet.

I've used the Panaracers but in the 1 & 1/8s and 1 & 1/4s.

Look in you LBS dumpster...whenever someone comes in and gets their tires replaced, they usually just throw the old ones in the trash. Half of them are still fine. I haven't paid for tires or tubes in forever.

the LBS around here dosent throw anything away if its usable. He always has what I need but no free tires.