OK, I have an old Mossberg 10 speed that I had as a kid. Somewhere along the way I swapped the front wheel on it, probably because the old one was flat. I just pulled it out of the barn and noticed the front wheel is smaller than the back(original) The front (swapped one) is a 26" tire, the back is bigger by more than an inch. What size would this be? Is it a metric size? Thanks, I'm new to working on these, old to riding them.
Wheel size/ diameter?
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27" is usually associated with skinny tired stuff. I'd go with 26" wheels if you want fatter tires. the only thing is you may need longer brake calipers unless your using a coaster brake with 26" wheels. Also check how wide a tire you could fit in that frame/fork before you get different tires too, some of those 10 speeds were pretty narrow.
Thanks, I just did a quick tire search and see that the widest is 1 1/4" for the 27's. Good call on the brakes, that is what made me look at the size, the front brake clamps on the tire and not the rim. Guess i need to do some planning and decide which way i want to go, maybe I can find my original wheel in the barn, lol. Or the bike the 26 came off!
My advice fwiw would be to go into that barn with a fine tooth comb and pull out all of the bike parts! You my find something really cool in there :mrgreen:Michaels said:
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There are a few good bikes, but the mossberg is mine so know one will mind if I mess with it. The oldest is a 26" girls framed bike that came with the house when my parents bought it in 1956, the id is gone from the head so I don't know what it is. The rest are from me and my brothers, 2 Raleighs( 1 touring and one bannana seat bike) 1 Korlis cantelever frame that we made into a jumping bike before BMX was around, 1 orange banana bike, and my Iverson Dragstripper (for another day). Misc. parts. We took them apart more than we put them together. Oh and a Columbia 5 speed tourer, was nice till loaned to a local theater, they retuned it with all the cables cut off brakes removed and a crappy coat of flat black sprayed on it. They said they wanted it to look old, idiots! Anyway, a few project, just have to check with my brothers and make sure they don't want them. Still not sure where the extra 26 rim came from, lol
