Condor M05 tyre change?

[Phatjonny]

Hi guys,

Glad I found you! Very little info in English on how to change these semi-tubular tyres that Swiss Army bikes use. I can't even find any in Deutsch. Does anybody have any advice, and can you confirm the nut sizes are metric, pretty sure I need a 9mm spanner to take the rear wheel off to fix my flat and get back to some evening cycles!

Keep well

John

 

[DaGasMan]

I can’t help with your flat tire. Sorry. But, WOW! Check out that photo.
It‘s beautiful. Thank you .

 

[fat tire trader]

Hi John,
I have a Condor too. Mine has a coaster brake. It looks like you have a drum brake. . The nut size is probably 15mm.
Chris

 

[kingsting]

I had to remove the tire on mine when I respoked the front wheel. I remember it wasn't all that difficult to do.

 

[Phatjonny]

Thanks all,

Yes 15mm for axel nut, and 11mm to position wheel on dropouts.

It wasn't too hard, I was just a little apprehensive as have never worked on such old technology.

The rear has both a drum and a hub break.

Would greatly appreciate a point to any resources for maintenance of bikes of this era.

Good news I have another flat to fix now...

Stay safe

John

 

[Mercian]

Hi John, @Phatjonny

There's a lot of useful qadvice on the maintainence of older bkes on this site:

Sheldon Brown-Bicycle Technical Information

A go-to source of information about bicycle maintenance, repair and customization

www.sheldonbrown.com

Best Regards,

Adrian