strive4peace
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Hoping someone here will know this ... I need to replace my mountain bike tires and am a little confused about what size to get.
The lettering is very worn, since the tires are decades old! It looks to say :
26x2.0
TO FIT HB
57.5 RIM -- or maybe no decimal point, hard to tell
inflate to 250 to 450 KPa
40-65 psi
When I buy tubes, I get 26x about 2.0 (inches)
I read that the tires aren't supposed to be wider than the rim. My rim is about an inch across, maybe slightly less. And there is where I get confused! I definitely don't want to accidentally get thin racing tires. At the time I bought my bicycle, back in the mid-80s, maybe what I have was called 'street tires'? The tread is a little different than regular mountain tires as they're designed for riding in towns and on pavement more than in mud. Once I know what size to look for, I can evaluate the different treads myself. I'm simply confused about the width. 26x2.0? Is that what I want? What is written?
Thank you
The lettering is very worn, since the tires are decades old! It looks to say :
26x2.0
TO FIT HB
57.5 RIM -- or maybe no decimal point, hard to tell
inflate to 250 to 450 KPa
40-65 psi
When I buy tubes, I get 26x about 2.0 (inches)
I read that the tires aren't supposed to be wider than the rim. My rim is about an inch across, maybe slightly less. And there is where I get confused! I definitely don't want to accidentally get thin racing tires. At the time I bought my bicycle, back in the mid-80s, maybe what I have was called 'street tires'? The tread is a little different than regular mountain tires as they're designed for riding in towns and on pavement more than in mud. Once I know what size to look for, I can evaluate the different treads myself. I'm simply confused about the width. 26x2.0? Is that what I want? What is written?
Thank you
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