Frankenbike for cross? Help? tips?

[tulip]

Wouldn't BMX cruiser tires work? They are 24".

every bicycle tire dot com has several 520 tires.

[Eden]

I'm not looking for slicks. I'm looking for mud tires for actual cross. When I was at the shop yesterday we did find some that were the right size, but the shop guy said they would't be good for racing- the tread is about the size of goose bumps according to him.

I can't say as I'd trust every bike tire..... The one that looks like a good width and tread shows a 26" tire though it lists it as a 24..... Some of the others I'm pretty sure are 540's. one guy yesterday said only tires 1.95 and narrower would be 520's, fatter tires are all 540's made for mt bikes.

I just checked- EBT is fudging..... The tires I looked at only come as small as 26" per the manufacturer site ... Looks like all the 24's on that site are iso 507's, as are the Panaracers. Seems silly, but apparently this is a really oddball size. There may well be some floating around on the web, but according to a different LBS (I was at a lot of them) most mfgs have been discontinuing them.