Thanks Drew, good to know you've actually done it, albeit with Racers. Theoretically 44's should work on a rim as narrow as 17mm per this Maxxis article, THE RIGHT TYRE WIDTH ON THE RIGHT RIM WIDTH <http://engineerstalk.mavic.com/en/the-right-tyre-width-on-the-right-rim-width/>On ibob I found this post by Rod Holland <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/internet-bob/1ZQLATF5hhc/25WKevuBFQAJ>, who mounted Snoqualmie EL's on a 17.5mm rim and they measured only 40.49mm wide...which width-wise would fit no problem. I guess his narrow width measurement isn't so surprising given the narrow rim. Don't know his pressure nor tire height, but I would imagine all that material has to go somewhere, and that would be 'up', as in height. Nor do I know the diff in width/height of EL's compared to standard.
After the hustle-bustle of the holidays are over I will try to find out what the tire profile measurements are for standard Snoqualmie's on a 18-19mm rim and see if they'd fit under my R559's. I'm thinking the height might be the killer there. On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 9:04:55 PM UTC-5, drew wrote: > > Don't know about brakes, but 44 on a 18-19 rim shouldn't be an issue. I > had 50mm marathons on dyads (I think they are 19mm internal) on a Sam and > there was nothing close to an issue that came up. This was with Paul > racers. I'd bet the 559's clear 44mm just fine. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
