Cheddarpecker

Always a good time for a new tire topic, right?

1 1/4 tires are still plentiful and cheap, but what if you don't want wide tires? What if you don't want patterned tread? Who still makes a 27x1 or 1 1/8 slick?

ThermionicScott 

A new tire topic?

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ce-thread.html

KonAaron Snake 

Performance used to make a 1 and 1/8 if I recall. I have a few pairs of old Avocet 1s in the basement...very fun, fast tires.

jefnvk

I've got Continential UltraSports in 1-1/8 on my Peugeot.

John E

Great thread -- I have always thought of 1-1/8" = 28mm as a sweet spot in bicycle tire widths.

bulldog1935

Pasela, Pasela, and Pasela

fietsbob

Schwalbe Too.

The Golden Boy 

Only non-knobby that's wider than 1 1/4" that I know of is the Loose Screws Sand Canyon tire- at 1 3/8"






Compared to a 1 1/4" Pasela TG:

Cheddarpecker

Sure, I read that during my pre topic search. It's only about four years old, and I was hoping for a bit more focus on narrow and slick.

I bought Ultrasport IIs and mounted them yesterday. Was hoping for twenty miles but got rained out halfway in. Handled great in the wet with heavy wind, and spun up a lot faster than the Bell 1 1/4s that they replaced. I'm pretty impressed with the rolling resistance for the price, not to mention the ride quality.

I don't expect them to last forever, although I'm fine with the trade off in puncture resistance and longevity. I plan on spending a little more on the next set and probably going to 1".

Mine measured about 27mm.

jefnvk

I'm far from an expert in how different tires handle, but they feel good to me, certainly livelier than the bigger Paselas that were on the bike they replaced (and all my road bikes that see dirt) due to size issues, and they never felt bad in the wet.

As an added bonus, I don't really like gumwalls, the all black looks so much better.

noglider 

Continental and Panaracer are the only two brands of 27" tires that are any good.

Darth Lefty 

I guess it's now penultimate, like last year's BMW's

gaucho777 

Another option (which I have not tried personally, but am intrigued) is the Soma New Xpress. In 27", it comes in 27x1-1/4 and 27x1-1/8. Like the Paselas, they are made by Panaracer. The tread is likewise very similar to Paselas, though the casing is different. At twice the price of Paselas, though, I haven't felt the need to splurge.

htp://store.somafab.com/sonewxp27skt.html

First Impressions: SOMA New Xpress Tires | GRAVELBIKE

Vintage Raleigh

Slightly OT but these are 27 x 1 1/4, they remind me of your standard gumwalls from the 70s but with puncture protection. Not as lively as the Panaracers on the International but they are narrower - similar to 1 1/8 and more of a stylish commuter than a race tyre.

vtchuck

AFAIK, If you're looking for 27"x1" classic look (tan sidewalls), Panaracers are the only game in town.

Cheddarpecker

Black preferably, but my interest is in quality and easy speed.

I like how Continental uses a standard date code on bicycle tires, mine are from last year apparently.

I don't care about cracking on gumwalls if I'm going to wear them out in a season or two. It would suck if they'd been sitting on a shelf for a couple of years in advance.

Cheddarpecker

So I found this in the road. Probably wouldn't have had it not sounded with a loud POP followed by BANG as it was deflected from beneath the frame. Immediately all of the reviews came to mind about puncture resistance and I ground to an abrupt halt to inspect the front tire. Couldn't find a knick. Turned around and found the hazard, it was some sort of band clamp with sharp edges of banding all around. Glad it bounced off of the frame instead of my leg.

It had some force behind it, as I was going nearly 25mph.



Back home, I did find a knick in the tread and a light cut in the sidewall. Only superficial damage, no cut cords, but the carcass is exposed just ever so slightly on the sidewall. Such that I couldn't really get a picture of it.

For $20, I think I'll just keep an extra tire and tube handy for events.

John E

Let me know how the gum sidewalls hold up. At least in southern California, gum or other non-black sidewalls tend to fall apart long before the tread wears out.

2manybikes

I got 6,000 0ut 0f some 27x1"
Over the last few decades I have used, 27 x 1" 1 1/8" and 1/1/4"
I have used 700 c x 35mm 32, 28, 25, and 23. They are good tires The thin sidewalls give a nice ride. Be careful and don't scrape the sidewalls on anything. Of course this applys to almost any tire.

Vintage Raleigh

They've only been on for a year John (1 Australian summer). I'm guessing here - the sidewalls are coloured tan, but they don't appear to be gumwalls as such like they were BITD. I have had one puncture in that time though.

Cheddarpecker

6k before they were squared off, or worn to cord?

I've never been so considerate of my tires before, but I think I probably run over more trash looking over my shoulder to see if it's safe to get into the lane a little to avoid debris than not. With nearly a hundred miles on the cheap Continentals, the little ridge of rubber still stands in places, so I expect them to last fairly well. After 55 miles yesterday, there isn't much less than there was when I left. If it's still there by the end of this week, I'll be surprised.

Cheddarpecker

This has been the year of the flat for me, as I've had two. Slightly off topic, as one of those instances was a 700x35. Let a friend ride my bike, watched him defy gravity somehow and land it sideways in the middle of the road. It was something to see him in that moment, the look on his face, his body perfectly positioned with feet in the clips and hands on the bars, only parallel to the road and some feet above it. There was a goat head sticker in the road and he found it with the sidewall. Everyone was alright other than one Bontrager Select K.

The other one was on this wheel set, cheap Bell tires, but I'm pretty sure it was a valve stem failure. Couldn't find a puncture, so I reassembled and inflated. Stem blew at around 70psi.

2manybikes

Neither one. Plenty of tread left.

Over the bead is a woven cloth tape of some kind. Picture a 1" wide tape over the bead about 1/2" up the inside and 1/2" the outside of the tire.

The threads started coming off and each thread was the whole circumference of the tire. being that long they get into the cogs etc. I tired to fix it with super glue, but, that didn't work.

Right now I have two bikes with 27x1" on them. I love them. They only have about 1.000 miles on them at the most.
One of the bikes has no computer on it.