Quote Originally Posted by BikeMomma
He's right -- if your tire size isn't available everywhere, you can't rely on any ol' shop to have them or even to bum one off one of the riders in your group. You should prepare yourself. A blowout can happen any time. Definitely see if you can track down a folded tire in this size.

Hope this helps!
-BikeMomma
That's it exactly, BikeMomma, 650 c tires aren't available everywhere. Bought one tire at the LBS where I bought the bike, but even folded it's awfully big. I'll look further for one that is maybe folded a little smaller.

Really with the size of my bike there isn't much room under the seat...I guess I'll come up with a creative solution of some sort! Thanks for the links to performance! I'll take a walk over there tommorow, if this rain stops!