I'm looking for midi tires 6-8 inches wide ribbed or smooth. So where do you guys buy yours?bigkid - 13-12-2014 at 04:04 PM
HQ has them, ask your local kite shop.soliver - 13-12-2014 at 04:48 PM
Pyro... Amazon has 18x8.5-8 ribbed nancos for about $36 each... And I think the 16x6.5-8 is near $25.
Another option (which I did recently) is to use Golfcart tires... If you go to a golfcart repair shop, they usually have a pile of worn tires out
back... Most of the time you can get those for free or a max of $10 a piece... Now fyi golf cart tires are 18x8.5-8 so I used 2 in the back and had to
buy a 16x6.5-8 for the front because the 8.5" wide tire won't fit the Peter Lynn front fork.
The cool thing about the golfcart tires is even though they have tread, they are bald in the center, especially when you squeeze them onto the
standard buggy style rims... I think this is s really great low cost means to get bigger tires; I only ended up spending the $25 on a front tire... I
am thinking about getting some ribbed tires though...
Those 8.5s can be placed on a standard 4" rim right?
Yes... They don't actually end up being 8.5" wide, but they do fit... Pretty much any tire that is 8" inner diameter will fit on the buggy rims... And
so you know if you have the standard plastic rims, they are actually 2.5" wide... I'm guessing they'll fit easier on a 4" wide rim and will likely be
closer to the 8.5"... On the 2.5" wide tires they are actually closer to 6.5" wide.rtz - 13-12-2014 at 09:22 PM
