Re: 27" tires at Walmart any good?

>>> I'm just curious if its possible that Walmart 27" tires
>>> are really NOT 27" true size!!

> Hank <hank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Maybe they're calling 700c stuff (622mm BSD) 27"?
>> True 27" is 630mm BSD.

me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Hmm...could be altho it does say 27 x 1.25" on the
> Walmart box
> Something is fishy thou as it broke my tire tool trying
> to put it on the rim. And yes the rims DO say 27 x
> 1.25" on them as well so its not the rim.

er, that's 27x1-1/4, K2 series

In the future. observing the actual nomenclature will keep you from 
other errors. In bicycle rims/tires, decimals and fractions denote 
different series of rims with different diameters.
26x1.5 is not at all like 26x1-1/2, 26x1.75 is not 26x1-3/4, etc.
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