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26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 602 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −7 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£81K/yr162K searches / yr
90-day growth
+27.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre 162K times last year and spent an estimated £81K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Aug. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 162K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +27.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £81K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
162K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+27.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
£81Ka year
Peak month
August2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
bike tyre30K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £28.27.

Listings sell for £28.27 on average, from £10.40 to £47.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £28.27 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£28.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.40–£47.34
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #135 within Cycling. It carries 2,121 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
81%
Out of stock, average day
2.2%
Average rank
#135in Cycling
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,121per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£16K£24K£32K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

1%

  • Continental83%
  • Panaracer5%
  • Vittoria4%
  • RUHUO4%
  • YunSCM2%
  • WEIDMAX1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

5K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • bike tyre30K/yr
  • bike tyres17K/yr
  • 700c tyres19K/yr
  • bicycle tyres16K/yr
  • 700x28c tyres16K/yr
  • road bike tyres9K/yr
  • bike tires7K/yr
  • 700 x 28c tyres5K/yr
  • continental gatorskin 700x28c5K/yr
  • road bike tyres 700 x 28c6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Value For Money22%−0.06

For the price Im so disappointed

that's quite expensive

Overpriced

Durability13%−0.13

They just don't last long

Punctured on first ride

Poor after 200 miles

Ease Of Use10%−0.01

difficult to keep on the tyre as you do so

Simply cant get them on

And impossible to put on

Size-Overall9%+1.19

The fit does not work at all

It is stupidly tight

a bit of a nightmare to fit

Quality-Overall7%+1.66

Not the best

Love

Quality-Overall23%+1.66

Good quality

These are great quality bits of kit

Overall, this set delivers solid value for cyclists looking for a reliable replacement without compromising performance

Value For Money16%−0.06

Best bang for your buck

Decent tyre for the price

good for the price

Size-Overall15%+1.19

The fit is excellent

Easy to fit

The included tubes fit well

Durability8%−0.13

durable

Fast, puncture resistant, and confidence in tight turns

Reliability

Ease Of Use8%−0.01

Ease of use

Easy to fit

easy rolling with a fairly long life

Return

1.2% Return rate 76% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall63%▆█▇▇█▇

The fit does not work at all

It is stupidly tight

a bit of a nightmare to fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▆█▂▃▇▃

And also check the specs carefully on the Continental website if in doubt, don't trust what is written in the product description here. for example, they're listed as tubeless tyres here [and, bizarrely, mountain bike tyres in the features and specs] but they're not

Defective Material/Parts5%▁▁▂█▄▅
Compatibility-Overall5%▁▁▆█▄▆
Stain Resistance2%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common 26 Inch Mountain Bike Tyre questions

Answered from the same tracked data.