http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Tires_Wire_or_No_Wire.html Perhaps the Best Hub on Cycling Information Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Tires_Wire_or_No_Wire.html/comment-page-1#comment-667 K Hackney Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:51:41 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/?p=143#comment-667 If like me, you also own a vintage road bike, you will want to use wire bead tires. Older rims had straight sidewalls. If you ever look at a modern rim there is a ridge or "hook" that runs at the top of the rims sidewall. Older rims didn't have that. So, you can't use folding tires on old rims. If you try, they will just blow off when you air them up. If like me, you also own a vintage road bike, you will want to use wire bead tires. Older rims had straight sidewalls. If you ever look at a modern rim there is a ridge or “hook” that runs at the top of the rims sidewall. Older rims didn’t have that. So, you can’t use folding tires on old rims. If you try, they will just blow off when you air them up.

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