26" tires... ?

[tylordurben]

ok, i got a bit frustrated this morning when i tried to change the 26" tires on my Schwinn. my friend gave me 1 tire (my brick pattern original tires began to loose bricks) so i tried putting it on the rim. would not go on. so i sized the 2 tires up and the og Schwinn is a bit bigger in circumference than the new one. so i go to my other bike with 26" tires and the same problem. what gives?

so what tires (i only need 1) can i put on my original 26" Schwinn spoke rims?

thanks and sorry if this has been covered before.
Yaril

 

[Rat Rod]

How old are the wheels?

Most older Schwinn wheels take a specific Schwinn sized tire.

They usually number them like: S-2, S-5, S-6, S-7 etc.

 

[Markm]

welcome to the wonderful world of schwinn sizes!!! The rim should be stamped or check the old tires to see if it says "to fit S-?"

 

[karfer67]

looks like a s 7 rim to me which would be 26 1 3/4 and you need to make sure you ask for an s7 tire.

 

[tylordurben]

yup... S-7. thats what the original Schwinn tires say.

so where can i order tires from on-line? cheeeeap :lol:

thanks everyone!

 

[Crassly]

I have some 26 x 1 3/4 tires for Schwinn S7 rims. They are new, made in Taiwan or someplace overseas.

 

[TheDuke]

I have some 26 x 1 3/4 tires for Schwinn S7 rims. They are new, made in Taiwan or someplace overseas.

Are they WW? :?: :?: :?:
L8 EM

 

[Crassly]

Nope, blackwall.

 

[BLASTER]

Interesting stuff.
I had no idea Schwinns did that.

SWEET bike by the way. 8)

 

[aka_locojoe]

ok, i got a bit frustrated this morning when i tried to change the 26" tires on my Schwinn.

I think we've all done this. It's kinda like an initiation test into the rat rod fraternity

 

[Markm]

ok, i got a bit frustrated this morning when i tried to change the 26" tires on my Schwinn.

I think we've all done this. It's kinda like an initiation test into the rat rod fraternity

:lol: :lol:

 

[sensor]

yeah the schwinn s7s are kind of a pain.......as stated before only the 26x1 3/4" tires will fit NOT the 26x1.75's.......
kenda makes them for the s7s and theyre cheap but i cant find the link now :x

 

[socal_jack]

I've ordered the Schwinn sizes from these guys before(plus alot of other stuff), cheap and fast.

http://aebike.com/page.cfm?action=list&PageID=30&category=484&modelId=2188&type=T