Old bicycle tyres help

[Sean_Mc]

From the local car boot I picked up an old Viking road bike for £20, its pretty beaten up, but nothing that a bit of paint and elbow grease wont fix.
Problem is the tubeless tyres, I've never seen them before and google isn't playing fair. I had a chopper as a kid , these though seem to be stuck to the tyre rim and have no inner tube. There 27inch wheels, anyone have any idea where i could find some replacement tyres :?

 

[anthonyUK]

Can't you replace them with a traditional tyre and inner tube?

 

[Mike1981]

Sean maybe try here, there based near me and im sure they specialise in that kind of thing
Michael

 

[aneray]

A good choice in music Sean :thumb:

Even better when they play live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk2xaeXnxlM

 

[Sean_Mc]

I don't think you can replace them as the rim seems very shallow and don't think it would accept a conventional tyre
Off for a nosey at the link thanks Michael
Cheers guys :thumb:

 

[anthonyUK]

What make are the rims. Mavic?

 

[Ceejay]

That sounds like a "tubular" tyre or "tub". They're glued to the rim (hence the shallow profile) and they're predominantly used for track racing and you can still get them. I have them on my vintage 1979 Shorter sprint bike :

However, you definitely don't see many 27" wheels or tyres out there any more. This might help for info:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tyres.html

The only ones I can find on a quick search are these at £55 a pop

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...dium=shopping&utm_campaign=Google-Products-UK

If it were me, I'd be looking to change the wheels out for some cheap 700c ones, although that's going to come at a cost as well...

 

[Sean_Mc]

Can't see any marks on the rims, but the old tubes have peugeot on them :wha:

 

[Sean_Mc]

Thanks Ceejay :

 

[graysalchemy]

I think if i remember 27" were being replaced as the norm by 700c in the late `80's so i think they might be hard to get.

 

[thedrayman]

HI, 27 inch rims and tyres are still available, I got some for my 1989 Carlton restore a couple of years ago from St John Street Cycles on the web. Here is the link for the rims http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/rims-27-(630)-dept170_pg1/ and this is the link for the tyres http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tyres-27-(630)-dept203_pg1/. Hope this helps.

Here is the Carlton http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=61159

 

[kebabman]

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cycle/road-race-tubular-tyres/

I use the £17.23 tyre on my ageing Holdsworth

 

[unclepumble]

it just so happens that i have a matching pair of 700x40 rims in aluminium complete with tyres tubes etc etc like brand new, i keep meaning to put them on ebay, they can't have done more than about 30 miles, i bought them for a bike i ended up chucking away.

Make me an offer if your interested, you will need to pick them up from congleton though.

UP

 

[Sean_Mc]

A big thanks for the offer Shane :thumb: , but the rims I have are ali and just need the tubes.
I can get silly with these things and spend a fortune and with it being an impulse carboot buy its not something I really want to spend a great deal on, just need somethinglighter to get back and to from work in the good weather, the mountain bikes way too heavy


Thanks for the info guys, I'll spend a few hours over the next few days sorting out the tyres and hopefully road worthy in the next few weeks :clap:
I was thinking about joining a bike site to ask for info , yet again though this site has helped

Sean :

 

[unclepumble]

A big thanks for the offer Shane :thumb: , but the rims I have are ali and just need the tubes.
I can get silly with these things and spend a fortune and with it being an impulse carboot buy its not something I really want to spend a great deal on, just need somethinglighter to get back and to from work in the good weather, the mountain bikes way too heavy


Thanks for the info guys, I'll spend a few hours over the next few days sorting out the tyres and hopefully road worthy in the next few weeks :clap:
I was thinking about joining a bike site to ask for info , yet again though this site has helped

Sean :

£30 for the pair complete with Tyres Tubes the Lot, and As I said like new I bought them new for a bike I was going to strip spray and do up, & they weren't cheap, I ended up scrapping the bike and bought a new one & kept the wheels.

Offers there if you want it.

 

[Sean_Mc]

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