Re: 27" tires at Walmart any good?

On May 5, 2:00 pm, A Muzi <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > landotter <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >> The 27" tires a *mart are usually terrible--
>
> > She went and bought one and it is HELL to get on the
> > rim .... like its really NOT 27"!!
>
> > could it be so cheap that its size is not true 27"??
>
> > She took everything back to Walmart and got her money
> > back.... and is going to local bike shop to buy tires
> > and tubes there
>
> > I'm just curious if its possible that Walmart 27" tires
> > are really NOT 27" true size!!
>
> Highly unlikely.
>
> Tire molds are expensive. Slipping a custom label into a mold is cheap,
> which is why it is popular. So while various tires from the same mold
> may bear different 'brands' they will be the same size.
>
> I wasn't there, but your description seems more like a mounting problem
> than a tire sizing issue. Look for double rim liners, wrong rim liner,
> misplaced rim liner, tube not inflated to a round cross section before
> mounting, trying to mount both sides at once, etc.  The directions on or
> in the tube box may be helpful as this section of our
FAQ:http://draco.acs.uci.edu/rbfaq/FAQ/8b.2.html
>
> Lastly, try a mist of spray wax on the rim before mounting. It not only
> helps to get a tight tire on a rim, it greatly assists in getting the
> tire bead evenly positioned.
> --

Firstly, return the tire. Heh. Problem with most of the *mart 27"
tires is that they're THICK gumwall, so that they spring apart on the
rim making them near impossible to mount. I've picked a pair up for a
real junker at $5 a pop--but life's too short to spend an hour trying
to fit a tire to a rim. I hardly ever use tools to mount normal
quality tires, FWIW, just the heel of my hand or my thumbs.

To add insult to injury--once you get those damn things mounted,
they'll ride and corner miserably.  Blech.