The rivbike site doesn't seem to say anything about rim widths. And I'm too lazy to check my own right now. Are all the velocity wheelset rims one standard rim width? or can it vary?
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:02 PM, drew beckmeyer <drewbeckme...@gmail.com> wrote: > i have 700x50 big apples on dyad rims. i think the dyad and aeroheat are > the same width. no problems with the tires yet, and they are riv approved. > that being said, the chart on sheldon brown seems to indicate that they are > too large for the dyad rim width. the chart on the schwalbe site says it's > no problem as long as they are inflated no more than 45 psi (if im > remembering this all correctly.) to my eye, which are more used to smaller > tires, they look slightly too big for the rim. > > at any rate, they work. i ride them and i've had no problems, but i do > have a semi anxious voice in the back of my mind about it sometimes. > > > On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 2:29:09 PM UTC-8, DS wrote: > >> Does anyone notice or have any input on handling with a Big Ben or >> balloon type tire? Especially on cornering on fast descents? >> >> Reason I ask is, I just bought some Big Bens (26 x 2.15) for my >> Hunqapillar for mixed ride use. Took them out for a first ride a few weeks >> ago, had a bad crash while on a somewhat but not terribly fast descent on >> pavement, turning into a curve, though I'm 95% sure it was due to a way >> under inflated tire (I had a flat about 20 minutes before that on the >> trails and replaced tube but feel I did not inflate enough for the ride >> home). >> >> Today, went out with properly-ish inflated tires (34 front, 40 psi rear), >> but still felt like the bike was squirrely on turns and it felt like the >> bike was going to slide out underneath me on some moderate turns, so I took >> them pretty slow. But, it was also my first ride back since the crash, so >> maybe that had something else to do with it. Anyone else have any comments >> on the handling of these? Am I imagining things and being overly sensitive >> due to the crash and this is user error? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/8AGU5zWF7Sc/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 http://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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
