Re: [CR] Help for 28 X 1.5 Beaded Edge Tire

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:43:45 +0100
Subject: Re: [CR] Help for 28 X 1.5 Beaded Edge Tire
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.Stone@Tesco.net>
To: Daniel <dahlq@galenalink.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


I have a Rudge Ladies roadster from 1911 which was originally fitted with 28 x 1 1/2in beaded edge tyres. 28 x 1 1/2in wired on tyres fitted fine and have stayed on the rims at the fairly modest pressures used on this type of bike ­ and they are still the same outside diameter. I do wonder whether your Hercules has a smaller beaded edge tyre ­ there were 28 x 1 3/8in beaded edge tyres as well as the 1 1/2in section tyres. John Pinkerton (00 44 121 350 0685) has a good stock of all sorts of beaded edge and other odd sized tyres. Beaded edge tyres are no longer available in Holland though Eastern Europe ­ Czech Republic etc may be a good source as bikes were specced with is type of rim there well into the 50s and possibly later. I have a feeling your Hercules is earlier than the 1930s as beaded edge tyres were obsolete in England before the 1920s. Hilary Stone

Daniel wrote:
> Thanks for the response on the tires for my 30's Hercules. I'm afraid
> I did not describe the tire well. The standard 28 X 1.5 inch tires for the
> British roadsters will not fit on this bike. Even if the rim would accept
> them, there would not be enough fender clearance.
> When one pries the tire from the rim a bit, you can see a metal lip
> into which a "flap" from the tire is inserted. Apparently when the tire is
> inflated, this lip snugs the tire down close to the rim. I THINK this is
> called a "beaded edge" tire in England, and I am told it is still available
> in Holland.