Oh I'm definetly guilty. A number of years back I was curious about the same thing and It just happened to be about the time this article came out. I didn't want to be restricted to tire size but I didn't want to rebuild or buy new wheels either. I had already done it without problems but I was curious as to why it wasn't or was okay, I finally put it on the back burner and decided if something works roll with it. No pun intended. Frank
On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 6:46:12 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > That article is what prompted me to start this thread, because they > reference the ETRTO chart, and many of us (confirmed here) are guilty of > violating the suggested max widths. > > On Oct 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM, Frank Brose <[email protected]> wrote: > > Worth a read. > > > https://www.renehersecycles.com/myth-18-wide-tires-need-wide-rims/?srsltid=AfmBOoq_ACj2uT6WoTTZqcuL1APl-38K750jNZ9Ildp-5MeKz6dhMK2P > Frank > On Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 6:31:45 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> Brenton, I had the same question a while ago. I am running 35mm tires on >> 14mm internal width rims with no problems on my Ram. The general consensus >> that I seemed to find online was that this is just what people did before >> wide rims were easily available. >> >> On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1:55:17 PM UTC-7 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I just acquired a soma san marcos with mavic open pro rims, inner rim >>> width of 15mm. >>> >>> I immediately put 40mm tires on it, and have been riding it for a few >>> weeks as I dial in the build. >>> >>> It has a cycle ops power meter rear hub, looks gross, so I was planning >>> on rebuilding the rear wheel with a cuter hub, but then realized I was >>> fully in violation of the acceptable range of tire width for this rim. >>> Should I just get a different wheelset? >>> >>> the rim widths recommended by rene herse and sheldon seem to be >>> conservative at 15mm but then generous at 17mm, idk, is anyone cheating and >>> getting away with it? >>> >>> >>> -- > 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/nSwdqVxznWM/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bab7ea65-04d5-48c2-bd6c-85957fb00097n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bab7ea65-04d5-48c2-bd6c-85957fb00097n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d3f440c1-3cdc-4149-af46-c2c8980b1222n%40googlegroups.com.
