26x1.95 tyre help

[Kerosene-Tin]

So, I seem to have a thing with buying bikes that have odd less common tyre size

My recumbent 2.3 metre long bus of a thing has 2 rear 26x1.95 tyres, only ones driven though. Not sure if theres enough space for a bigger wheel


Im trying to get some great hard wearing tyres with liner built in. The bike itself is an engineer built monster. Longest and largest bike ive ever owned



All I can find are kenda brand cheapys
Currently fitted with lizard brand tyres front and back, the logo matches lizard skin products yet I cant find these exact ones online - leading me to believe theyve been on for some years

Shes an older machine thats been sitting idle for some years, parking brake removed along with the motor, before I hit the road given its sheer size, any help on finding some good tyres would be great

Also has a front 20x1.90 but that seems more common

[Duck!]

1.95" is just one of many widths available for bog-standard 26" wheels. Wider than 1.75" is really the domain of MTB, so road oriented tyres will be uncommon, but you should be able to get road cimmute/touring type tyres between 1.5 & 1.75" easily enough. You'll likely need new tubes to fit in the smaller tyres.

[10speedsemiracer]

If you wanted to stay with 1.95, I've fitted these Vittoria Evolution tyres to someone's hardtail as part of a commuter-ization/refurbishment process...



https://www.vittoria.com/ap/evolution-c ... eyond.html

rolled well, relatively inexpensive at the time, and seem quite tough (they've been on there for over a year..no flats)

[MattyK]

If there's a good gap around and above the tyres, you should have no problem upsizing a few mm.

Plenty of options:
https://www.bikebug.com/tyres-tubes-urb ... 1_696.html

[Kerosene-Tin]

Thanks for the replies
Some very good choices there, some with built in liners so ill give them a go, after running solid tyres on my wheelchair for over 25 years the prospect of using pneumatic tires is a bit daunting, hopefully some of these choices will reduce flats along with that blue goop stuff in the tubes, im not incapable of changing a tyre easily. I just hate too

Thanks for the help

[singlespeedscott]

Given the size of your trike I’m guessing puncture resistance is high on your list. If so I’d being looking at the 26” touring tyres from Schwalbe

[Kerosene-Tin]

Size is definately a factor, as are spare chains and a hub drive if they fail, amazing bike thats got me back being active.. But nothing short of a flatbed is going to get it home if it cant

Still, it only cost me 215 plus 260 shipping. Im way ahead

Ill be buying a good set of tyres plus a spare set folded