i know a few cyclocross riders that love open pro rims and have been running them with 35mm tires for years. good to hear they aren't too squirrelly even with wider tires.
On Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 6:47:43 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: > > They feel fine on the road - I guess I'm running them at a slightly higher > psi than I usually run my Compass tires - not squirrelly or floppy taking > hard corners. Do you think it's far out of range of what mountain bikers > used to ride on? FWIW these Open Pros have been shod with 32's and 35's for > a few years with no issue and these Compass tires are measuring close to > 40mm. > > On Sunday, October 30, 2016, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/30/2016 01:32 PM, Jeff Lesperance wrote: >> >>> The tires I have on it now are Compass Snoqualmie Pass, which are >>> labeled at 700x44, and though I haven't measured them yet, I suspect >>> they're closer to 40mm as installed on the narrow-ish Open Pro rims I have >>> for now. So the answer is they will fit Snoqualmie Pass and fenders, though >>> there are a few tight spots that I'm not concerned about, but if the tires >>> stretch or I swap to a wider rim, which I intend to do, I may have to >>> reconsider the fender solution. I've split fenders previously to get a bit >>> more clearance under brakes, so I may go that route if need be. >>> >> >> Wow! Mavic recommends the Open Pro for tires 19 to 28mm in width. You're >> really stretching the envelope by going up to 40mm. I guess the question >> to ask now is, "What could possibly go wrong?" (No, seriously) >> >> >> -- >> 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.
