WTD — Schwalbe Billy Bonkers 26 x 2.1 Tanwall

Probably a daft question given the Europe-wide scarcity but I'm keen to hear of any of the above knocking about.

Looking for a pair for the pub bike but I'd need them posting which is admittedly a mild hassle.

There don't seem to be any on the horizon till August according to a couple of shops :(

Might also consider Maxxis DTH as an alternative.

Spotted these on Facebook marketplace:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/733069350721478/
(Not mine btw)

Oh great tip! Thank you. Fingers crossed he's willing to post.

👍

They’ve been on back order for so long, when they came in, they sold out in a day from Chicken.

I also missed my shot at getting some, so can I join your queue?

Need a 20” front and 26” rear.

Yeah man get stuck in! They'be been scarce for ages got really lucky with a pair I bought last summer - they seemed to be the only ones on ebay at the time.

@AlexD's tip seems promising but I'll update here if I see any others floating about

Jeez I might just stick my spare pair of DTH on ebay with a massive BIN price, mad how 26" stuff just keeps getting more and more scarce.

Yep. I remember local classified absolutely swimming with 26” wheel sets. Now I need some, everything even vaguely half decent seems to be over £200

Halo H Block might be worth looking at, some in stock on eBay as a last resort

Fuck, I must've got lucky, picked up a pair of Billy Bonkers from Merlin the other day, and a pair of GravelKing 26x2.10 from Chain Reaction; all now out of stock and the official Panaracer website is now not even showing the 26" version as existing!

Is this a case of manufacturers being caught by surprise by the resurgent niche popularity of 26ers, or, heaven forbid, them slowly winding down production of 26" stuff?

Sorry, not a very helpful post...

Ooh that’s a point, think I have some of those GKs stashed too. #26erwarchest

I very much doubt Panaracer would stop making those, seems like 26” is alive and well in Japan (if bluelug’s Insta is to be believed)

But they literally disappeared from their website just the other day... I'm so scared rn

Cheers man, had thought about these but they look very heavy

Had no idea you could get Gravel Kings in 26"!!

Not anymore it seems :(

I have a pair of brand new Rat Trap Pass Endurance up for grabs, but prob a bit rich for a pub bike...

Hah yeah they probably are a bit extravagant, but thank you :)

Zyro still seem to suggest they’ll be back in. 6-8weeks wait.

Billy’s are ‘on order’ with chicken.

Maxxis stuff seems to be abound though.

Maybe we should start a 26er thread for anyone to post what they have in the stash they don’t want?

You'll never take my gravelkings!...

Oh that was supposed to have a picture of Mel Gibson in it

Not actually a bad idea Chak

Yeah this is a nice idea

+1 on the 26er swap shop thread, do it.

Zyro still seem to suggest they’ll be back in. 6-8weeks wait.

For the GKs? Phew if so. Still disconcerting they’ve been deleted from the Panaracer website tho.

Only realised they did 26 when you mentioned it! I checked it out and seems to be good.

I can generally check most distro’s for what’s in, so just give me a shout.