Online Tyre Shopping?

[IncoherentJeff]

I've got a few bicycles in need of some new tyres.

I've bought a couple of fixer-uppers to save from being scrap metal and also my dad + partner have decided to start cycling, their bikes have been untouched in a shed for ~10 years, probably on original rubber (15-20 years old).

Anyway back to my point, can anyone recommend websites for buying tyres?
Ideally I would like to be able to select my tyre size, then see all the tyres in stock for that particular size.

Kinda like www.blackcircles.com but for bicycle tyres not cars/motorbikes. Does such a shop exist?

Or am I doomed to keep browsing Chain Reaction Cycles/Wiggle's tyres to see which ones are in the correct sizes.

 

[vickster]

highonbikes on ebay has good prices for tyres http://stores.ebay.co.uk/High-On-Bikes

 

[ianrauk]

Spa Cycles
Merlin
Ribble

Google away for prices.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I decide on what make tyre I want first and then Google to find the best price. Most of the big players tend to have flash sales these days so what may be expensive one day may be a lot cheaper the next

 

[IncoherentJeff]

Thanks for the suggestions, a couple of shops I'd not explored before. I'll crack on with my search

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Ribble... I've just bought these - reviewed at 5/5 and at price of £40 - for just over £20 each.

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/.../review-vredestein-fortezza-tricomp-12-46713/

 

[vickster]

That's quite tempting - not that I really need tyres

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Ribble... I've just bought these - reviewed at 5/5 and at price of £40 - for just over £20 each.

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/.../review-vredestein-fortezza-tricomp-12-46713/

Snap
I bought a pair at the weekend from Ribble, and they turned up today.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Snap
I bought a pair at the weekend from Ribble, and they turned up today.

Yep, mine arrived today too and left to bake in the porch by Il Postino.

I was going to wrap them around my Mavics tonight, but a long day and a bottle of Montepulciano said no...

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I set myself the goal of 'bikes before beer' tonight.... so tyres are on, and now I'm imbibing

 

[biggs682]

planet x have some good prices , must admit i try and use my lbs as much as i can for tyres

 

[ayceejay]

Perhaps we should have a poll:
Choice 1: Fit new tyres then - have a glass or two.
Choice 2: Have a glass or two then think - I'll do it tomorrow.
Choice 3: Have a couple then - get the 'king wheel off, pinch your fingers, pinch and puncture inner tube, curse a lot then either - have a glass or two more or decide to do it tomorrow.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Choice 2.

 

[chigman]

Ribble... I've just bought these - reviewed at 5/5 and at price of £40 - for just over £20 each.

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/.../review-vredestein-fortezza-tricomp-12-46713/

I've just bought a pair of the above - fantastic tyres although I paid alot more than the Ribble price for them, and just a few days before the Ribble sale as well. Typical aint it.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

I've just bought a pair of the above - fantastic tyres although I paid alot more than the Ribble price for them, and just a few days before the Ribble sale as well. Typical aint it.

Oh sorry fella, never mind. Ribble IMO beat the liviing bollockles out of any other competition but tend to be, unsurprisingly, out of stock more frequently.