At 10/20/2006 04:34 PM -0400, wade barocsi wrote:
>I recently acquired two childrens road bikes.
>One is a Flandria with 16 x 1 3/8" tires.
You are in great shape for tires on this one. Probably. These
should take 349 tires, a somewhat popular size for folders and
recumbents. Some very nice tires are available.
>The other is an Eddy Merckx with 18 x 1 3/8 tires. The brand of tire is
>"OLMO" on the Merckx, illegible on the Flandria.
Unless they are just a hair bigger than the others, these may be ISO
32-400, a size not even mentioned on Sheldon Brown's tire sizing page.
http://sheldonbrown.com/
I would consider lacing up some 406 rims, in which case tire
selection would be nearly infinite. 25mm-60mm
>Also are these type of bikes highly collectible? I was going to let my
>children ride them, unless you feel otherwise?
Even if they are collectable, it's more important to expose them to cycling on good bikes. And these should be their "Good" bikes, for family rides. Give them K-Mart beaters for riding with their buddies.
My kids put many good miles on a 500A wheeled Gitane. I think it under it's 9th or 10th young rider now.
Mark Stonich;
Minneapolis Minnesota
http://mnhpva.org
http://bikesmithdesign.com