Bell Air Guard Road Bike Tire, 27" x 1.25", Black

I needed some 27" tires for a road bike I was building out of spare parts for my little brother. We ride about 5 miles every sunday and he's been riding an old 40lb mountian bike he's had forever. Looked these tires up on amazon and most of the complaints were because people had bought the wrong size. I bought two tires online for $10.55 each and same day pick up at my local store. I already had a set of plastic tire changing levers although they do sell those at Wally World too for about $3. Changing bike tires is a difficult task, and it's very easy to "pinch" a hole in the tube even with the proper levers. You almost need a razor knife (I used wire cutters) to cut through the plastic bands holding the tire folded up, and it springs apart violently when you cut the last band, so have a good grip on your knife. I carefully pryed these on the rims with new tubes, inflated and deflated a few times to make sure the bead was even all the way around the rim and finally inflated to 90psi. Mounted the wheels back on the bike and took a test ride and was very pleased. These have a little softer ride than my road bike with 700x23 tires and seem to roll just as good. The tread seemed pretty thick and the kevlar belt will definitely make them harder to puncture. My little brother is 53yrs old and 240lbs (I'm a svelte 225:)) and he was tickled to death with his new bike.