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Winter 27 x 1 1/4?

I think I know the answer, but want to ask anyway. Are there any winter specific tires for my vintage Schwinn Suburban, or should I just convert one of my two Suburbans to 700 wheels if I want better handling in the crap that we've had for the last two weeks?

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Permalink Reply by Tim Heckman on December 18, 2013 at 9:28pm
Thanks for all the responses! One of my bikes is due for new tires anyway.
Permalink Reply by kevin womac on December 18, 2013 at 9:39pm

It only lowers the bb by 4mm if you continue to use 32mm section tires. most of the time folks put skinny little 23's on their 'conversions'. even so it ain't a big deal- you have to be leaning over hard or riding w/ bmx pedals to cause issue.


notoriousDUG said:

It lowers the BB 4mm, hardly enough to really increase pedal strike that much and you can easily compensate by running a big ass tire.aggressively cornering.

Permalink Reply by Lee Roy on December 18, 2013 at 9:54pm
Yeah..., I had my wheel sizes in my head wrong. Good catch, appreciate the gentle correction.
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on December 18, 2013 at 10:20pm

23mm tires are for nerds; the number one advantage of going to a 700 over a 27, for me, is the great tire clearance it gives you.  One of my favorite commuters I ever built was a 27" bike I converted to 700s with drum brakes and ran a 40mm tire on; ALL the comfort.



kevin womac said:

It only lowers the bb by 4mm if you continue to use 32mm section tires. most of the time folks put skinny little 23's on their 'conversions'. even so it ain't a big deal- you have to be leaning over hard or riding w/ bmx pedals to cause issue.


notoriousDUG said:

It lowers the BB 4mm, hardly enough to really increase pedal strike that much and you can easily compensate by running a big ass tire.aggressively cornering.

Permalink Reply by JAYMO on April 20, 2014 at 11:03pm

I'm about to put some Sun M13II rims on a '73 suburban with 700x38mm tires.  Should have enough clearance.  I'll post some pictures if anyone is interested.  

As mentioned before, it's a pretty straight forward conversion from 27" to 700.  Hopefully the smaller wheel will give me the extra clearance needed.  I understand the tread on the 700x38mm Schwalbe marathon gives it more of a true size of ~40mm 

Has anyone attempted something similar?

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