Anybody have experience with narrower tires on wide rims? I’ve got Velocity Cliffhangers which are optimally rated between 45-65mm, but I’d like to try running tires between 38-43mm on them.
~Mark > On Mar 5, 2019, at 09:12, lconley <lcon...@brph.com> wrote: > > I have Snoqualmie Pass 44mm on A23s on my Sam. No problems for 2-3 years. All > on pavement except some rough brick roads on the Cross Florida Ride - perfect > tires for brick roads. > > Laing > Cocoa FL > >> On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 8:33:27 PM UTC-5, Ash wrote: >> Velocity has a 'optimal' tire width specified for their rims. >> >> A23: 23mm - 35mm >> Atlas: 28mm - 45mm >> Cliffhanger: 45mm - 65mm >> and so forth. >> >> What's the effect when the tire is in outside of that range? >> >> For instance, what type issues or degradation in riding experience might I >> face if I mount 47mm tire on A23s? >> >> I've been using 650bx50mm tires on Atlas without knowing that's not >> recommended. The ride has been fine. Is there a risk? My + cargo weight >> has never exceeded 180lbs by the way. Perhaps the tire might have popped >> out of the rim if the weight were to be a lot more? Is that the concern? >> >> I'm interested in getting a pair A23s built for my future AHH. >> What's the widest tire you've been successfully using with A23s? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
