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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
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Subject: Re: Private label tires
Date: 3 Feb 2025 21:51:08 GMT
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 14:14:00 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/3/2025 1:56 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>> On 2/2/2025 1:28 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>> On 2 Feb 2025 18:05:01 GMT, Roger Merriman 
>>>> <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So while 26inch bikes are hard to find sold, though are 
>>>>> used by trikes and
>>>>> so on, is still some some choice out there,
>>>> 
>>>> I don't see any shortage of 26 inch tires online:
>>>> <https://bicyclewarehouse.com/collections/26-inch-bike-tires>
>>>> Their catalog shows 210 tires in 26 inch including 130 
>>>> tires under
>>>> $50:
>>>> <https://bicyclewarehouse.com/collections/26-inch-bike- 
>>>> tires? 
>>>> sort_by=manual&filter.v.price.gte&filter.v.price.lte=50>
>>>> Is 26 inch hard to find only in retail?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> _good_ 26" tires are getting harder to find.
>>> 
>> 
>> I hadn't noticed.
>> https://www.panaracerusa.com/products/gravelking-sk-plus-2024-folding-gravel-tire?variant=44625399218411
>> 
>> https://www.panaracerusa.com/products/smoke-dart-classic-folding-mtb-tires-1?_pos=6&_sid=e30793acb&_ss=r
>> 
>> https://bicycle.kendatire.com/en-us/find-a-tire/bicycle/all-mountain-trail/regolith/
>> 
>> https://bicycle.kendatire.com/en-us/find-a-tire/bicycle/legacy-archive/nevegal-pro/
>> 
>> https://bicycle.kendatire.com/en-us/find-a-tire/bicycle/legacy-archive/kozmik-lite-ii-pro/
> 
> https://www.schwalbetires.com/tires/bike-tires/?order=featured&p=1&properties=6fc4d2408731cb1abb5b60017b369665
> 
> --
> C'est bon
> Soloman
> 

Look at the MTB tyres range, my MTB is a 29er so I have a choice of width
and compound and carcass for a 26inch MTB there is a tyre but limited to no
choices, for example the Big Betty 21 models, for 26inch there is two a
bike park ie cheap fairly hard rubber and tubes or a trail tyre, no width
choices.

For my Trance, I have lots of choices I could buy a performance (cheap
budget option) or choice of widths and durability of the tyre and how much
grip vs rolling to tailor the tyres for my preferred performance
characteristics.

Hence my old commute bike is fine being 26inch though even in that space
new tyres tend not to come out in 26inch, but on the whole it’s a non
issue.

The MTB though and for MTBer tyres matter hugely having a limited choice
and in some cases i suspect older designs I’d and other would absolutely
care about, and very much is an issue.

Hence the two folks who you know do MTB are unsurprisingly in agreement
it’s almost as if we know what we’re talking about ;-)

Roger Merriman