Can You Put 24 Inch Wheels On A 26 Inch Frame

I have a fairly nice raleigh with a bad 27 front wheel.

Can you put 24 inch wheels on a 26 inch frame. Can i replace the 27 wheels with 26 wheels. Not all 26 inch frames are compatible with a 27 5 wheel as it can easily rub on the stays or bottom bracket. 24 tires will not fit onto these rims. Unless the bike was specifically designed for a wheel size conversion like the 18 20 prodigy from hoffman in 2003 or so changing the wheel size is generally not a safe and practical option.

Your 26 tires sit on wheel rims whose diameter is probably 559 mm. Standard mountain bikes have always had 26 inch wheels. I have a nice spare 26 wheel set. There s a number of lists out there with all the frames suitable for a conversion to 27 5.

As a previous answer told you it is not the wheel size but the frame size. 650b palace has one of those lists on their blog. No you can t put 24 on 26. Show activity on this post.

These smaller wheels require a different frame. I know that a large wheel clearance is considered ugly i m thinking of the pengy bike here but i ve often wondered if it would improve the handling on the smaller frame sizes. Too far gone for truing. 700c wheels seem to look oversized on some xs bikes i ve seen whereas 26 wheels would be much more in proportion.

You could maybe actually get 26 on if you went from a 2 wide knobbie to a 1 or 1 1 4 tire they are not only narrower but smaller all around but you would still have brake issues. 07 20 2015 06 22 pm elmore leonard wrote. To use 24 junior tires you actually need smaller wheels of a 507 mm diameter. I m thinking the brakes pads would need to be move 1 2 inch and as the replacement rear 26 wheel is a 3 speed shimano hub their would be no dersillers to set up.