Hi there everyone. I need some help to find out what the biggest size tire, (width wise) I can fit on an early oldschool OM FLYER with Landing Gear forks is. I have some Comp III's in 2.125 width and some Mongoose/Winners Choice/KOS tires in 2.125 width. I want to make sure the 2.125 width will fit without rubbing the forks or the chain/seat stays of the frame. The rims will be Araya 7x 26x1.75 or Sun Ryno Lite 26x1.75 . I know the 1.75 width tires should fit without rubbing, but I'm not 100% sure on the 2.125 width. Any help from some OM FLYER owners or previous owners would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and take care.

Brian

[ June 07, 2006, 10:27 PM: Message edited by: RACEINC43 ]

Yup, I had a tan 2nd gen OM with 26x1.75 Araya 7X's and 2.125 tires on front and rear. No problem at all.

Araya's here, with a 2.125 on the front,wouldn't have it any other way! always love an excuse to put up a pic of old girl!

Beautiful bike Joe. Great job!

Wow! I'm an AA Pro now! Cool.........!

I have a 2nd gen OM...I run a 2.125 up front and a 1.75 in the rear. I'll bet you could run a 2.125 on both and it would be fine. Might look weird but should run fine.

Tony

Damn it Joe, you have to post it again...hehehehe

Damn fine OM that

Thanks for the info so far guys. I sort of figured the 2.125 width would clear but I wanted to check and ask around. I've found alot of tires in black in the 1.75 width, but I need blue color tires and everything I find in colors is 2.125 width. I don't care about the bigger size/width as long as they don't rub. I wish someone would make 26" colored tires again. Oh well. Also, that's an awesome looking OM Flyer there Joe! I love the baby blue and gold, the perfect SE racing colors. Are those vinyl snap-button pads original or reproduction? They really look goood on there. Take care.

Brian

Those are reproduction Brian,I believe Alfred at retrobmx.com made them. I have real camo SE pads,and real brown/blue nylons pads,but I didn't think either were appropriate for that build,so I put the camos on THIS OM! : ) Thanks for the compliments man!