Fair Lady Tire Help

[andysto73]

Nope, they sure didn’t.

Nope they sure did..go look at the catalogs. Maybe not every year but they did.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

Nope, they sure didn’t.

I know they are not the end all, but the catalogs show Fairlady's coming equipped with Slik rear from '68 on. The '64-'67 did not

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

@GTs58 did they make a WW S-7 gripper slik?

 

[WillWork4Parts]

Nope, they sure didn’t.

Record scratch

Are you going to tell us there is another S7 Slik tire Other than the 20x1-3/4" Gripper?

 

[prairieschooner]

I guess that is what I am looking for a Gripper Slick but don't see any new ones anywhere

 

[kingsting]

@GTs58 did they make a WW S-7 gripper slik?

Yes, but I don't think they ever came stock on any bikes. (edit Except for 16" on Run-A-Bouts?)

 

[kingsting]

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Are you going to tell us there is another S7 Slik tire Other than the 20x1-3/4" Gripper?

The aftermarket made them for sure. I know there are some S-7 sized Sliks lurking in the bowels of the basement of a local shop. They have two grooves in the tread. Not sure if they are Schwinn branded or someone else like Uniroyal. I'll have to check next time I stop in.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

sorry mistake

 

[ADKBIKES]

I think i have some s 7 grippers

 

[WillWork4Parts]

The aftermarket made them for sure. I know there are some S-7 sized Sliks lurking in the bowels of the basement of a local shop. They have two grooves in the tread. Not sure if they are Schwinn branded or someone else like Uniroyal. I'll have to check next time I stop in.

Goodyear Grasshopper is one version. Goodyear put out a great product when it came to the Grasshoppers, just watch out for flat spots. I have not seen any Schwinn branded S7 whitewall grippers, doesn't mean they don't exist. I personally wouldn't chase that unicorn though. Very certain that no one has reproduced an S7 slick, there's just not enough demand. You'll have to find an S7 slick in old stock rubber, and beware of cracked/burst sidewalls.

My original point was that the Gripper Slik was the only Schwinn branded S7 Slick.