First flat....man, that sucked!

27" tires are a dying size, much like Schwinn's fractional balloon tire sizes. If you can make the swap to 700c rims you'll find a much greater selection of tires.

The Halo Twin Rail 700 x 38c (1.5") is a sweet tire.
http://www.halorims.com/HaloNew/twinrail-dc-700.html
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I have the 29 x 2.3 size on my Redline Monocog 29er.
 
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That's what I have been seeing...no one makes anything but 1-1/8" or 1-1/4" for 27" wheels. I guess I will continue to look for a better bike to put my motor on.
 
Good deals on their way...

I predict that you'll start to see very good deals on bikes at yard sales come winter/spring. Most of the big chains can't keep bikes in stock because of all of the people buying right now (gas prices). However, we all know that the majority of people who buy, tend to leave the thing parked after awhile and come winter or spring, they'll offer it up at the next yard sale. What a deal! I had trouble with the bearings and rims on the bike I just built out and was pricing out all new wheels . . . until I found some brand new wheels (with a quick release on the front) on a $10 yard sale bike . . . not to mention all of the other spare parts!
 
That's what I'm hoping for with the Toyota Prius, and all the other small economical cars being bought up today. People are buying them up, and when they realize they are not sports cars and are slow, they will decide they are not fun anymore and sell them. Mostly rich people are buying them anyway, since around here you can't even find a USED Prius for less than $25K...the new ones are $28K-$30K.

As far as tires go, I'm looking for a beach cruiser or mountain bike to put my motor on. I will break it in on the "ten speed", but that bike is less than comfortable so I will move the motor to something easier to ride, more upright and a bigger seat.
 
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That's what I'm hoping for with the Toyota Prius, and all the other small economical cars being bought up today. People are buying them up, and when they realize they are not sports cars and are slow, they will decide they are not fun anymore and sell them. Mostly rich people are buying them anyway, since around here you can't even find a USED Prius for less than $25K...the new ones are $28K-$30K.

As far as tires go, I'm looking for a beach cruiser or mountain bike to put my motor on. I will break it in on the "ten speed", but that bike is less than comfortable so I will move the motor to something easier to ride, more upright and a bigger seat.

I don't think you'll see a mass-selloff of the Prius (or other Hybrids) anytime soon. It's VERY difficult to part with that kind of gas mileage once you get used to it. My (non-hybrid) Civic gets about 30 MPG (even with my abusive driving style) and as much as I'd LOVE to get a Honda Ridgeline truck (and they are practically giving them away!) I just couldn't justify it with as many miles as I drive (my 2006 Civic has over 75k miles on it already). The extra gas cost would be as much as the payment on the truck.

Warner
 
I get 35mpg on my junker KIA. It's good enough for me as I couldn't justify the extra expense of buying a hybrid. The savings in gas goes right into the extra technology inside the car for years to come. I would however get a honda insight if I had the chance. They're small but they get about 70mpg. Thats better than my Suzuki SV650. In fact I'd sell my motorcycle to get that kinda mileage.
 
I got my first flat today coming in to work...and man did that suck! I was about half way to work when I thought I heard a short hiss, when I looked down to see my back tire was indeed flat. Bogus! So I pulled over and changed it out, which took me about a half hour (rack mount kit...first time changing a flat with this rig, and I found that although adjustable wrenches fit everything, they don't always fit well everyWHERE! So I'm going to toss a couple of axle nut wrenches in with my tools. Good news is I had a spare tube and pump, etc with me. Bad news is after changing it all out I somehow messed up my deraileur a bit....didn't have time to figure it out as I was already going to be late (but was only a couple minutes late). Ah well....it was bound to happen! Whatever I ran over was pretty substantial, as it put a cut almost 1/2" long through my kevlar reinforced tires. I cut a piece off of the old tube and put it between the new tube and the inside of the tire to give some additional protection to the new tube.


Warner
I got my staton up and running saturday, went 5 miles, I was looking at my chain when I should have been looking at the road, hit apretty bad pot hole and got a flat, No problem to change, but I didn't put the masterlink clip on securely. 5 miles down the road my chain flew off, luckily I had my chainbreaker and a few spare links.
BTW, I use 1.95 fairly smooth road tires, they ride like night and day compared to the thinner 1.50 mountain tires I previosly used. Especialy since I have more weight on the back wheel with the gearbox. I have heard that an ounce of weight on the wheel is worth 4 on the frame, so I stopped using liners and those thick inner tubes. I've had pretty good luck with flats, I just need to stay away from those big potholes. LOL. BTW my top speed with the 17 tooth gearbox sprocket is clos to 40mph. More than enough for me and it still climbs pretty good. The only issue I have is the gearbox is abit on the noisy side. Dave staton said to add 2 ounces of gear oil and run it a couple hundred miles. I've put a hundred and it's getting alittle better. Any issues with yours?
 
I would change the tires on my bike, but they are 27" and the fattest tires they make (that I can find) are 1-3/8". That's only 1/8" bigger than the 1-1/4" I have, so i wasn't going to bother. If I could find 1.5" tires in 27", I might try those.
 
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