New Tires

Lucky Strike · Jul 30, 2011

What are ya'll doing for rubber? Does Firestone or Goodyear etc. still make tires? I'm thinking not after a couple unsuccessful google searches.

So what do you like to put on your classic old bikes? Just not feeling the made in Tiawan tires on my vintage U.S. steel.

*I tried to search for a tire thread, but the search feature prevents me from doing so because "tire" is too common a term...even when restricted to title only. Go figure...

scrumblero · Jul 30, 2011

NOS ones come around once in a while, but they are usually pricey...

TornadoDave3 · Jul 30, 2011

I know your pain. I too would prefer to put original American Made rubber on my Chicago Schwinns..... but unfortunately they are rather difficult to find. And of course I'd rather have good Tiawanese tires than no tires at all.

Anonymous · Jul 30, 2011

I got cheng-shin tires on Zoot.

They are real nice but uh...

Why did I have to buy those orental imports that were once made here..

They are like a Xerox machine...they copy everything.

Slick Rick · Jul 31, 2011

There has been no U.S. bicycle tire manufacturing for a couple of decades now (probably longer). There are plenty of foreign made tires that use vintage U.S. tread patterns, and they are pretty cheap as well.Not a bad way to go, everybody will need to get used to buying some import products, just the way it is. Heck, I'll take a couple of nice foreign tires over a couple of sketchy vintage american ones anyday! And I will put all the money I saved to better use. :wink: