(about 1/2 pound more each) My 3 year old immediatly started going noticibly slower, so I went back to the Vee after about a month. They are extremely heavy compared to the stock 18 x 1 Vee Speedsters. He has something called a tire bead jack that finally got them on, but it still wasn't without a lot of time and pain. I was able to get them mounted with the help of my local track parts dealer. He just handed me back 2 half mounted tire / rims. After breaking my back trying, I took them to the local trek dealer who gave up after 30 minutes and breaking 2 of his tire levers. They are extremely difficult to mount to the rim. You will still need to grind the center of the fork down about 1/2 inch to gain enough clearance for the center of the tire, as these are almost 19in in diameter once mounted and filled.Ģ. Three observations with my experience in using them with a 2020 Redline Micro:ġ. This is an option that I actually took advantage of. I would love to hear if anyone does a tubeless conversion. If you are up for a little project, the Raleigh tires are a nice upgrade for non hardpack racing.

The project turned out great, and my daughter loves the new wider tires for riding. The other concern about this is did I really want to do all this work and then have to paint the riously just to fit some bigger tires.but I dove in. I determined I could and set out with an angle grinder and a metal half round file. My main concern about modifying the fork was whether I could do it safely without compromising the weld integrity. I figure its hard to hurt the value of the bike too much since it has already been raced quite a bit and now been used as an around town bike.

I debated heavily if I really wanted to modify the fork, but ended up choosing to.

I immediately ran into a problem trying to mount the front wheel as the tire didn't clear the fork crown/steerer tube. I actually think a tubeless conversion would be the way to go, but already had tube so I didn't spend an extra $40 on the kit. I couldn't find presta 1 3/8' tubes locally so I just went with 18x1' and they work OK, but may not have great durability. The tire mounting was pretty straight forward other than a little tight bead, talc helped a lot to ease the process. We had a friend in London pick up a set and drop them off when they came into town. The Raleigh Record tires are difficult to get in the states, even hard to find a vendor that would ship them. The primo slics are great tires but don't handle sand, gravel, wood chips, and wide cracks well. I have also been contemplating switching the 1 3/8' tire conversion on a micro mini that is now retired as a racer but we use for the kids to ride to school.

Redline flight cranks install