Fat Frank Tyres

[Badambassador]

I want to buy a bike and fit Schwalbe Fat Frank tyres to it. But I don't know what bike will fit these as they are pretty big.

The measurements are:

ETRTO Size
26" 60-559 26 x 2.35 / (60-559)


Any ideas as to what bike I should buy for this?

Cheers.

 

[Sam Kennedy]

Your best bet would probably be to go down to your LBS (not halfords!) and take a look at the bikes and see if there would be enough space, you could also ask the people at your LBS what they think.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

I'm Curious

Sorry, no advice on what bike would best fit the tyres, but please indulge me: why are you buying a bike to fit some tyres?

 

[4F]

Sorry, no advice on what bike would best fit the tyres, but please indulge me: why are you buying a bike to fit some tyres?

Certainly an unusual concept and one I cannot fathom.

 

[2Loose]

Kind of like buying a house to go with a door handle, imho

 

[style over speed]

Without mudguards they will fit on some utility / hybrids...

the bike in the picture is a friends bike, its an unbranded dutch style bike, the front tyre needed slight adjustments to the forks for clearance.

Big Apple tyres are essentially the same and come in a smaller 2" as well.

The are great tyres... very nice ride

 

[Badambassador]

It might be an unusual thing but it's what I intend to do. So has anyone actually got any ideas of frames / bikes that these tyres would fit around?

 

[style over speed]

if you haven't seen this, these are all the fat frank or big apple bikes on one website:

http://www.balloonbikes.com/en/die_balloonbikes/produktuebersicht/?ID_Kategorie=2

I bought a Velorbis Churchill Balloon http://velorbis.com/velorbis-classic-bicycles/classic-bicycles/churchill-balloon/360d-feature, largely because it had fat franks over a similar Pashley which didn't.

 

[Panter]

Sorry to veer O/T slightly but, out of interest, what is the benefit of such huge city tyres?

 

[lurifox]

BALLOON TYRES

Sorry to veer O/T slightly but, out of interest, what is the benefit of such huge city tyres?

COMFORT COMFPRT COMFORT

 

[Panter]

Understood