Deals on 26" Gumwalls?
08-06-21, 08:16 PM
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08-06-21, 09:04 PM
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What size 26” tires are you looking for: 559mm, 584mm, 590mm, 597mm?
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08-06-21, 10:59 PM
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Are you talking about tires with tan sidewalls, or those with thick rubbery sidewalls?
08-07-21, 01:25 AM
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And road tires, or dirt tires? Bike Tires Direct has a constantly changing selection of 26" tires; keep checking. I got my Maxxis DTHs from them, and well worth the $$.
08-07-21, 06:45 AM
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I can understand a desire for a particular look, but whenever I have owned gumwall tires (or "gumballs," as one of my Bikecology coworkers called them), the sidewalls have deteriorated before the tread wore out.
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08-07-21, 11:09 AM
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Sorry, don't mean to be vague. Looking for about 2" with off-road tread pattern, and yes, tan sidewalls for that period look.
08-07-21, 09:55 PM
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Yeah I was lucky to get in on the recent Panaracer Smoke and Dart reissues, complete with 40% off coupon, a few months ago. Now they’re just sold out. Kicking myself for not buying more sets back then.
08-07-21, 11:53 PM
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If it is anything like this bike, which I purchased more due to this historic importance to the Denver bike shop business, then it is Hi-Ten Steel, plastic fork crowns, heavy as hell, but also, can take a beating:
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