[CR]re: Tire sizes - was: Junior Racer for Lynn Miller

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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:50:00 -0500
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From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: [CR]re: Tire sizes - was: Junior Racer for Lynn Miller

Dale wrote:
>Most company's 24" "boy racer" bikes used 24 x 1 3/8" tires. Those Fujis used
>a 24 x 1 1/4" tire which was a lot nicer higher pressure and HARD to find
>then, I can't imagine how difficult they would be to find now (I have no idea
>about the IRD.) Maybe these Bill Boston style ("Terry style") bikes use that?

Actually there's three sizes, ISO 547mm, 540mm, & 520mm that "Obi Wan Sheldon" lists on his tire sizing page http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tires/index.html

Roy "meeting Sheldon tomorrow" Drinkwater Lititz, PA