I mostly ignore these recommendations, as I find I can run pretty much any tire on any rim (assuming tire is wider than the rim). Probably the most egregious example in my household is my son's bike with 2.6" (66mm) tires on 17mm internal rims. Works fine.
Will near Boston On Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 9:12:12 AM UTC-5 Drew Fitchette wrote: > Hey all, > > Wanted to ask as I see lots of differing opinions from wheel/tire > manufacturers about proper tire width for different rim widths. I’d always > heard you don’t want your tire more than twice the internal width of your > rim, but the RH website has a table and some blog posts to the contrary. I > also > saw on the WTB site something similar. > > I know context matters a lot, so for reference I’ve got a set of Velocity > Atlas Rims (19.8mm internal width) and a set of 44mm RH tires(the high end > of Velocity’s suggestion) on them but was looking to move them over to a > frame with wider clearances than my Sam. I’m not sure how wide I can go, > RH’s table says up to 55 and WTB says 50. > > Moving them because I’m planning a trail/mostly off-road camping trip for > spring and this wheelset has a Dynamo. > > Thanks for any guidance/advice! > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e5b16716-15de-44d7-b785-1a8a048cddf0n%40googlegroups.com.
