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Can you put bicycle tires on wheelchair wheels?
My wheels on my wheelchair only have 24 by 1 3/8 tires.
All the wheelchair tires online are expensive compared to bicycle tires.
Can you put wide tires on wheels like mine that have 24 by 1 3/8 or do I have to buy new wheelchair wheels.
Which are by the way too expensive for me to purchase.
I want to put 2 inch wide tires on my wheelchair if its possible.
Also, how do I know what tire will fit by the numbers.
I don't understand the numbers, they are confusing.
4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
here are some $6.50 replacement tires
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/invt/u799247?ref=g...
bike tire numbering is impossible to figure out
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html.
it looks like there is no 2" wide tire that would fit the rim diameter, 540mm
so you can;t even try it
540 m: 24 x 1 1/8, 24 x 1 3/8 (E.5), 600 A
unless you can find something wide in the "600A" size
the current wheels would probably be fine with 2" tires but you won;t find them most likely
wle.
Source(s): this says it all http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html. - Anonymous5 years ago
Wheelchair tires are designed to not mark floors and are usually gray. They are softer, break down faster in sunlight, and do not tolerate high speeds as well.
- 1 decade ago
Yes you can but you need to take out the bolt bar and change the bearings
