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Our recommended 26 – 3 beaded edge tyre would be the 26X3 Ensign.
Dougal Fettling a De Dion Bouton Cyclecar on 26x3 Ensign Beaded Edge Tyres
26 - 3 Beaded Edge Tyres
- The 26x3 Ensign is Longstone Tyres’ recommended 26 – 3 beaded edge tyre.
- Innertube for 26 - 3: Michelin 21MDR Central Valve Tube
- 23 – 3 beaded edge tyres were a common vintage motorbike tyre.
- Early small veteran cars like the De Dion Bouton Vis-à-Vis fitted 26 – 3 tyres.
- The tyre size 26-3 can also be described as 700-80.
- A 26X3 tyre is 26” diameter and 3” wide (700X80 tyre = 700mm X 80mm).
- 26 – 3 or 700 – 80 tyres are beaded edge tyres (also called clincher tyres).
- 26 – 3 beaded edge tyres were fitted to many light cars and cyclecars like the GN and early Austin 7.
- European vintage cyclecars like the Salmson and Amilcar would have fitted 700 – 80 beaded edge tyres, which is the same thing.
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26 - 3 Tyres Q&A
What are the best 700 – 80 tyres?
700-80 is the millimetric description of a 26X3 Beaded edge or clincher tyre. many vintage light car and cycle cars such as GN, Salmson and Amilcar fitted 26X3 or 700X80 tyres.
How do you fit 26-3 tyres?
A 26X3 tyre is a beaded edge tyre. Our Beaded Edge Tyres page has a series of films on How to Fit Beaded Edge Tyres .