help purchasing spare inner tubes

help purchasing spare inner tubes

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DBSV8

Original Poster:

5,958 posts

239 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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Help

I need to buy a couple of Inner tubes for the road bike ,

Trouble is the bikes in France and I cannot for the life of me remember the size of the wheels / tyres
I wont have time to buy new tubes in France due to a road trip


heres a photo of the bike



any idea of the size

khushy

3,966 posts

220 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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probably standard 700c

Ken Sington

3,959 posts

239 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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Agreed, looks like a 700x23 or 700x25 would fit that. Back tyre doesn't look properly seated in that photo though hehe

DBSV8

Original Poster:

5,958 posts

239 months

Saturday 13th March 2010
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Thanks

for the help

The bike was designed by my late father who made a copy from one of Reg Harris track bikes , ( They were both from Manchester )

The frame is the only original piece left made in 1956 , originaly it was a fixed gear , I had new forks and changed the gears to more modern shimano 105 set up , The rest of the paintwork and stckers are all period 50s .

The plan is to cycle from centre of Brittany to St Malo catch the ferry then cycle down to the middle of Dorset , should be around 250km .for the day .........and I need to bring some coffee beans back with me for work so reckon on carrying a rucksack with 10kgs

looking forward to the trip

cheers