WTB: 26” tires about 2.0” to 2.2” - mildly knobbie

[Abe Gardner]

Want to buy some sorta knobbie tires for a give away bike.

26” tires X 2” to 2.2” would be ideal, like Big Ben or RaceKing or something in between.

Got a tricky bike from a neighbor’s garage sale: 1997 Specialized S-Works M2

[Nick Lindsey]

Consider Continental’s “Double Fighter”. 1.9” with a bit of knobs, but so comfortable on both asphalt & dry dirt. Reasonable price too, in the $28.00 each range.


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> Want to buy some sorta knobbie tires for a give away bike.

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> 26” tires X 2” to 2.2” would be ideal, like Big Ben or RaceKing or something in between.
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> Got a tricky bike from a neighbor’s garage sale: 1997 Specialized S-Works M2
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> I’m not into these Aluminum frames but I like the Mango color so I’m fixing it up to give away / forever loan to someone. I snatched most the great XTR and XT components.
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> Located in Napa but could pick up from you in most of the Bay Area. Berkeley or SF or such.
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[Ginz]

Not sure if you saw my reply about the Marathon Mondials.  If interested, let me know.

[John Johnson]

A couple budget but good, mildly knobby choices are the schwalbe billy bonkers or kenda small block 8. Both are 26 x 2.1 and are usually under $20 a piece.

cheers,

john

[Pancake]

A couple people have reached out and are checking on size and finding their spare tires. If I could find Billy bunkers for $20 each, I would just do that, but the closest I can find is $29 each plus $15 shipping on Schwabe itself.

Hopefully someone in the Bay Area will see this and have a couple 26 inch tires to spare, still looking and will update if that changes.

[Bernard Duhon]

These are not lobbies, but I found them to be grippy enough 2 inch marathon supreme, and one 2 inch marathon if interested let me know

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[Abe Gardner]

That just might work.

What price are you asking and any chance you’re local to the SF Bay Area so I could pick up?

Abe

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[Bernard Duhon]

 

 

We are we are in in or down mode because of the hurricane not sure when will have the chance to look at this again

 

 

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Bernard F. Duhon

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[R. Alexis]

Nice bike. It it as pictured? Who is going to be the recipient of this fine steed? 

I may have some used something or another hanging around that you can have, but looks like you are covered. 

Thanks,

Reginald Alexis 

[Abe Gardner]

Unfortunately, I don’t have anything specific lined up yet, so if you’ve got a pair of tires like this hanging around, I’d appreciate it! 

No, pic is a stock photo of the bike when it was sold. I’ll take a picture of how it stands today, mostly stripped down and awaiting a new crankset, chain, shifter, grips and cables/housing.

I’ve got the 3x8 combo brake levers / shifters available to sell, Shimano ST-m739. Just cleaning them up if anyone’s interested. 

The build plan includes:

Crankset 170mm, 36t 1x

Cassette 11-40t 9 speed Sunrace

Altus derailer 

Shimano V brakes and yokozuna brake levers 

Front wheel: original Specialized

Rear wheel: XT 750 hub with asymmetric rim from the late 90s

Big composite pedals (112mm x 115mm)

Original handlebars (through if I happen upon some sweptback or riser bars I’ll swap those on instead), stem, bar ends, frame, and front wheel.

I’ll probably give it to a teacher at my kid’s school or from my union or the next mellow seeming person it fits who says they want a bike. My partner will not accept it being added to my own reasonably sized bike hoard though. 

I’ll then spend the next week or three years slowly reallocating all the XTR and XT components I scavenged from it onto my other rides. Or maybe I need a new bike frame to fit them onto … maybe my Cheviot will get replaced by a Platy. I’ll have a little room in the garage once I give my shared Rosco Baby bike to my friend and fellow list member who is having a baby soon! 

Still looking for tires,

Abe

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Nice bike. It it as pictured? Who is going to be the recipient of this fine steed? 

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[Stephen Durfee]

I know they're not really what you're after, but I have a set of Continental Contact 1.75's that I would be happy to donate. I'm right over the hill on West Park Ave if you want to ride over and pick them up. 

[Bernard Duhon]

Sorry for the delay in responding

Hurricane had a bulleye on my home.

Luckily, it moved 120 miles to the east.

Still had to prep for storm & unprep.

 

The marathon tire sells for cheap new & hardly worth shipping.

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