27"frame 26"wheels

[deorman]

There is someone here running 26"coaster wheels' on a tall 27"Schwinn 10-speed frame. Can someone tell me who?

 

[Hooch]

here is one I made
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2085&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=wright

 

[deorman]

Very cool! I imagine that' a pretty tight squeeze with those balloons?

 

[GTCOMA]

Here is another one - 26x1.9" tires

 

[blink]

26x1 3/8

 

[user 5585]

Here's one of mine . It's a Huffy . One of the lightest ones I've run across. FatTires

 

[deorman]

Thanks for these great examples guys, a friend is building one, possibly motorized.

 

[lurker]

26x1 3/8

I may be stating the obvious here, but just so we are clear, this is a very different size to the 26" x X.X" mountain bike size. This was a popular size for UK/Euro commuter bikes and is now common on cycle speedway bikes and wheelchairs. I found all this out by recently rebuilding a bike for my ex .

 

[GTCOMA]

I may be stating the obvious here, but just so we are clear, this is a very different size to the 26" x X.X" mountain bike size. This was a popular size for UK/Euro commuter bikes and is now common on cycle speedway bikes and wheelchairs. I found all this out by recently rebuilding a bike for my ex .

I believe you are correct. the rim is probably a slightly larger diameter, but the overall diameter of the tire should be 26"

The tires on that Raleigh look nice and Beefy for a 1 3/8 width. Looks Good!

 

[deorman]

26x1 3/8

I may be stating the obvious here, but just so we are clear, this is a very different size to the 26" x X.X" mountain bike size. This was a popular size for UK/Euro commuter bikes and is now common on cycle speedway bikes and wheelchairs. I found all this out by recently rebuilding a bike for my ex .

I didn't know you could still get 1 3/8 tires. Rode plenty when they were common.

 

[blink]

26x1 3/8

I may be stating the obvious here, but just so we are clear, this is a very different size to the 26" x X.X" mountain bike size. This was a popular size for UK/Euro commuter bikes and is now common on cycle speedway bikes and wheelchairs. I found all this out by recently rebuilding a bike for my ex .

I didn't know you could still get 1 3/8 tires. Rode plenty when they were common.

there are two different sizes of 26 x 1 3/8"
- normal, which came on almost all 3 speed and lightweights in the 60s - 80s - still common....even schwalbe sells the cream colored delta cruisers in this size.
- schwinn S6 which have a slightly larger diameter and are pretty hard to find nowadays.

 

[lurker]

Well, they are hard to find here in Australia. I tried multiple bike shops and had to explain that I wasn't talking MTB tyres but the old kind. And I forgot to mention the even stranger Schwinn size, I knew of it, but since Schwinn didn't really sell here, I tend to skip over Schwinn specific stuff....my bad.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

S7s on a Huffy 10 speed

 

[deorman]

Well, they are hard to find here in Australia. I tried multiple bike shops and had to explain that I wasn't talking MTB tyres but the old kind. And I forgot to mention the even stranger Schwinn size, I knew of it, but since Schwinn didn't really sell here, I tend to skip over Schwinn specific stuff....my bad.

Schwinn fractional (i. e.not decimal) tires are a pain in the neck everywhere, have been for decades.

 

[Annika]

26x1 3/8

I really like the look of this bike. Nice!