a tire question
 

right now i have a 26x2.35 tire and was wondering if i could put on a 26x1.00 tire on?
http://www.huffy.com/images/products/large/K6820_Lg.png
this is the bike i have
http://bike.com/mmbike/images/1/large/TG2306.JPG
here is the tire i was thinking about putting on bike

just not sure what the second number is for (the 2.35 and 1.00)

thanks for help

I guessing probably not. Depends on the width of your rims. What rims do you have?

man that sucks...i figured but it never hurts to ask...not sure about the width of rim is...but would you know the width of tire to width of rim ratio is?..like would that tire fit a 26x1.75 rim?

are there any other numbers on the tires? 26x2.35 sounds odd are you sure it isn't 26x2.25?

king judah, On the rim there may be a metric size-width stamping. If it does that's the guide line for which tire sizes to use.

Brad

I've put 26x1 on mountain bikes before. I would think it would work on this one also.

The second number is the width of the tire. So 2.35 inches verses 1 inch.

I'd say go buy the tire and see if it fits. If it does good, if not return it.

not sure...bikes at home and im at work...its been bothering me...i could check later for more info but for now does the rim measurements need match the tire measurements...ie 26x1.4 (Ritchey Tom Slick tire) fit a 26x1.5 wheel?

thanks for all the replies

The tire in the pic looks awfully fat to be a 26x 1" tire.

Some MTBs come with very narrow rims. The poster needs to find out his inner rim size.

However, putting a cruiser on 1 inch tyres is probably a bad idea anyway. Besides making it less comfortable it will also be slower:

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/articl...e-myths-29245/

I'm betting with the "won't work" camp.

2.35 is way wide for a 26" tire. 1.00 is way narrow. I can't imagine them both fitting and functioning on the same rim.

Even if they did, a 1" tire on a bike that was designed around 2.35" tires is going to look goofy.

Yep, goofy for sure. :twitchy::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2:

Out of interest, why do you need to change the tyres? If the 2.35s are fairly smooth, you might as well leave them on. Pump them up hard and rolling resistance will be reduced. If they're worn out, you can get slick 1.9 tyres that will look a lot more at home on your fat-tyred bicycle.

1.5-inch tires would do okay. One-inchers would probably be a bit much on cruiser rims.

One-inchers would need to be inflated pretty high--up near 100 PSI--and that's about 30 PSI more than cheaper rims should really be stressed.
Besides, going to one-inchers would drop the drive ratio down a lot (not much mathematically, but it would definitely feed different). Since bicycle tires have basically a round cross-section, narrower tires are also a smaller outer diameter.

Force on the rim is determined by *two* variables:
1. Tire size.
2. Tire pressure.

e.g. a 2" tire at 100psi puts a lot more force on the rim than a 1" tire at 100psi.

If that bike is as old as it looks, it has steel rims with a rolled bead. Modern high-pressure tires won't work. Any 26x1.0 you could find would be a high-pressure tire. But I suspect what the others are saying is true, too: the rim will be way too wide for a 1" wide tire. You can always refer to Sheldon Brown's tire sizing article:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

Not an old bike.
A current Huffy: http://www.huffy.com/products/Produc...id=423|4|9#buy
It does have steel rims.

Michelin Country Rock, 26x1.75 tires would work for that 'bike'. Run about 60psi.

Yea but,,,, nobody inflates fat cruiser bicycle tires to 100 PSI, so the rims they come with aren't really strong enough for it. Cruiser bike tires (2+ inches wide) don't need more than 30-40 PSI, even if they're rated for more.
Lots of people inflate 25mm tires to 100 PSI.

The 1.5" wide tires would be inflated to about 60 PSI, which is about all you want in a cheap single-wall rim (which is what 99% of cruiser bicycles come with).

That is a good question.

dont really need to...just wondering what my options are if i try different looks...but mostly just curious

slower?...lame...pretty sure i dont want that...thanks for the reply