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700x40c Bike Tire

700x40c Bike Tire shows a thin review moat (74 avg reviews), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look

Top 14% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +11 vs the category median of 47

Market size 18Growth 80Conversion 33Competition 72Returns 61Price range 90Avg price 94Brand share 59Review moat 96Quality gap 38
This niche Category average · 8,101 niches

Is 700x40c Bike Tire profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 700x40c Bike Tire is a $71K/yr Amazon United States market (58K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

700x40c Bike Tire: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +71.4% over the last 90 days and 2.6% of searches end in a purchase.

$71K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr+71.4%58K
Conversion rate2.6%
Avg price$46.83

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 62
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market30%
Avg brand age73 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 40 products

Sponsored placement78%
New entrants (1y)12· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews74

Top 700x40c Bike Tire products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$3K$6K$9K$11K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

24%

  • Maxxis25%
  • Fincci15%
  • MOHEGIA15%
  • YunSCM8%
  • Hycline7%
  • MAKELEN6%

700x40c Bike Tire demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume58KCVR2.6%Products40Brands15Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate5.7%Rating4.5★Reviews74Avg BSR#1,030
3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Top 700x40c Bike Tire search terms shoppers use

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

  • 700x40c bike tire30K/yr
  • 700 x 40c bike tires9K/yr
  • 700x40c tire8K/yr
  • 700x40 gravel tires4K/yr
  • gravel tires 700c x 404K/yr
  • 42-622 700x40c tire3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 700x40c Bike Tire

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Wheel Quality20%

Good quality tires

Quality-Overall20%

SO far these tires are great

Size-Overall12%

The tires and tubes fit my rims perfectly

Value For Money10%

Great value

Assembly/Installation6%

Easy to install

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
Quality-Overall34%

More cheap low quality stuff for sale

Assembly/Installation15%

Difficult to install

Size-Overall10%

Not a good fit

Durability7%

They may break on your first usage

Flexibility6%

They seem to ride lumpy

700x40c Bike Tire return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

2.6%

Return rate

72%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
52%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
16%
3Product Condition
7%
4Leak-Proof
6%
5Defective Material/Parts
6%

Common 700x40c Bike Tire questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 700x40c Bike Tire 58/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $71K/yr across 40 tracked products. 3 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +71.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 700x40c Bike Tire on Amazon United States peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 3.1× the quietest.