Forum | tyre and rim dimensions

Post edited 1:20 pm — Jul 1, 2011 by primo

It wont be to Guv’nor owners I assume,

but i always thought that the rims were the old english traditional size of 28″ (that is to say 28x1 1/2) , because, well, thats what it says in the specifications and blurb about the rims [28 inch gold lined black alloy rims… ] , naturally i thought it would follow that the cream tyres were the 28“x1 1/2 also known as 40x635mm, i even remember reading on some review somewhere that it was good of schwalbe to continue production the older cream 28x1 1/2 tyres for the Guvnor.

Imagine my complete surprise today when i notice a picture of a Guvnor tyre and on the side, what looks to be written as 622-700x38 (which appears to me what we would call a 700c tyre thats 38mm wide or 38x622mm)

can anyone please duck down to the shed, opps scratch that  ,duck down to the living room and confirm the actual tyre size? If in fact it is the later more modern size, could someone please measure the width of the rim also (in metric [millimetres] if possible other wise i am sure we can use a converter lol)?

if the rims are the more modern size of reduced diameter (700c also known as 622) then i am pretty curious if the width of the new rim has been reduced a tad as well, compared to the older westwood rims

best regards to all

Primo

Post edited 5:09 pm — Jul 1, 2011 by primo

ah, cheers! that puts my mind at ease! 40–635 is certainly the old 28 inch by 1 and a half, that i originally thought it came equipped with.

i must have not seen the picture clearly or something, i have been looking at quite a lot recently so i am not entirely sure where it is now.

perhaps i saw some of that code written, now i am wondering what the 700 x 38B stands for, for that matter the HS 392 is curious too. 

thanks

Primo

Thank you for those helpful if not interesting bits of information Topper,

a tip of the hat and cheers to you :-)

primo