Will a 28 x 1.6 tyre, fit onto a 700 wheel?

[another_dave_b]

I usually buy 700 diameter tyres to fit to a Dawes hybrid.

I'd like to buy Continental's Nordic Spike tyres, but the only size they come in is, 28x1.6.

I think 28" is the same thing as 700 tyres, or am I wrong?

 

[Hilldodger]

It depends on the bead seat diameter which on a 700 is 622mm.
If the tyre has that size on it, then yes, it will fit.

 

[another_dave_b]

It depends on the bead seat diameter which on a 700 is 622mm.
If the tyre has that size on it, then yes, it will fit.

Super, thanks.

 

[RedBike]

Do you know something we don't?
Expecting snow?

 

[another_dave_b]

Do you know something we don't?
Expecting snow?

Fell off twice on some ice Saturday morning. I'd rather not do it again.

 

[jay clock]

42-622 is the size shown on that site. Must say, for the conditions in the UK, I think having these tyres on would be like having a car with studded tyres on the off chance it might snow. Overkill. Unless you plan to change tyres when you go out for a ride and it is icy, then change back again

 

[threefingerjoe]

That's what I do. I have my Nokian Hakkapalita 106 (studded tyres) mounted on an old pair of rims. If I head out for work in the morning, and find that it got icy or light snow overnight, I can quickly swap tires and be on my way. As soon as the pavement is dry, again, I remove them, because, like mountain bike tyres, they are a workout to ride on hard surfaces.

 

[another_dave_b]

42-622 is the size shown on that site. Must say, for the conditions in the UK, I think having these tyres on would be like having a car with studded tyres on the off chance it might snow. Overkill. Unless you plan to change tyres when you go out for a ride and it is icy, then change back again

It's a case of what's available.

I was originally going to get the Nokian's Joe mentions, but Chain Reaction are out of stock, while they do have the Continental I linked to above.

I was in Reading at the weekend, I tried two of the local bike shops, and unsurprisingly neither carried spiked tyres.

Hopefully I'll be in Newbury tomorrow, and if possible I'll order some of the Nokians, but I did wonder if the UK distributor (Windwave?) might be out of stock.

As to overkill. When I fell off the roads were empty. Any car on that stretch of road would have been unable to stop, and I'd have been jam. So, given that not cycling isn't really an option for me, I'd rather go for some spiked tyres, whether it's overkill or not.

 

[PpPete]

Even in ski resorts very few local cars have studded tyres. They use a "winter" tyre, slightly "blockier" pattern and a rubber that remains flexible at low temperatures. They wear a little faster on tarmac than normal tyres, and performance/fuel economy is very slightly worse (about 1%) but I wonder why no bike tyre manufacturer offers something like this?

 

[threefingerjoe]

Even in ski resorts very few local cars have studded tyres. They use a "winter" tyre, slightly "blockier" pattern and a rubber that remains flexible at low temperatures. They wear a little faster on tarmac than normal tyres, and performance/fuel economy is very slightly worse (about 1%) but I wonder why no bike tyre manufacturer offers something like this?

In many areas, studded tyres have been banned for cars, due to the damage that they can cause to roads. If you market a bike tyre as a "winter tyre", then some people may get the mistaken impression that you won't slip on ice. ALL tyres, car, truck, bike, will easily slide on ice, unless they are studded tyres. The so-called "winter tyres" for cars may be slightly better than other tyres on snow, but when it comes to ice, they are not even in the same ballpark as studded tyres.

 

[fossyant]

Cars also balance on 4 tyres...a bike has just two.........

 

[threefingerjoe]

Cars also balance on 4 tyres...a bike has just two.........

Thanks, Fossyant! That was another point that I was about to make. You never hear of a car slipping on ice and falling over! (This is also the main argument for riding a trike when the roads are icy.)

 

[Greenbank]

Been ringing around this morning for spiked tyres (both the Conti Nordic Spike and the Schwalbe Marathon Winter) with no luck. Most of the suppliers are out of stock too.

Chain Reaction claim they have stock of the Nordic Spike 120 but when you go to buy them they're out of stock.

Anyone know anywhere that has a stock of 700c studded tyres?

 

[another_dave_b]

Been ringing around this morning for spiked tyres (both the Conti Nordic Spike and the Schwalbe Marathon Winter) with no luck. Most of the suppliers are out of stock too.

Chain Reaction claim they have stock of the Nordic Spike 120 but when you go to buy them they're out of stock.

Anyone know anywhere that has a stock of 700c studded tyres?

I ended up buying a Continental Top Contact Winter from Chain Reaction. So far I've only tested it on one rather timorous supermarket trip (5 miles each way). I didn't fall over, but I didn't feel terribly reassured either.

 

[HJ]

Do you know something we don't?
Expecting snow?

42-622 is the size shown on that site. Must say, for the conditions in the UK, I think having these tyres on would be like having a car with studded tyres on the off chance it might snow. Overkill. Unless you plan to change tyres when you go out for a ride and it is icy, then change back again

Your right it never snows in England nowadays, let face it if a snow flake were to land in southern England the whole place would grind to a stop...