If you think about it, you realize that putting a tire on a too-narrow rim will make it narrower, because you have decreased the total circumference of the cross-section. Putting a tire on a too-wide rim will make it flatter, because the tire has to stretch out to reach the two sides of the rim. I don't know that a 50 mm tire is too narrow for a 50 mm rim, but I've been told that a good rule of thumb is not to put a tire on a rim that is wider than the tire, and that sounds right to me. So a 50 mm tire would be just on the edge of appropriateness for a Rabbit Hole rim.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know that your rims are that wide. FWIW, my rims are 44 mm wide and > the FFs measure 53 mm at well below the 20-25 I run them at (haven't ridden > Fargo in a while). I expect they'd "flare out" to at least 55 on 50 mm rims. > But I can't comfortably say that they'd work on 50 mm rims. Perhaps others > can say with more certainty? > > FWIW, I got my FFs from an English supplier. Ordered online; cheaper than > anywhere in the US; very modest shipping; no VAT; ordered Monday morning; I > intercepted the express service dropping them off on my porch on Wed > afternoon. Perhaps a fluke? Can't remember the vendor, though I can look for > the info. > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Anne Paulson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The Furious Freds look like a decent choice, but I'm reluctant to put >> a 50 mm wide tire on a 50 mm wide rim. Maybe I shouldn't be? >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I was more or less joking about the 700 x 55 tires. I wasn't joking >> > that I want them, because I do, but I didn't think that Compass would >> > actually make and sell them. >> > >> > In case another voice adds a bit of weight to the case "pro", I'd commit >> > to >> > 2 pairs up front. At least 55 mm though. >> > >> > Anne: If thin casing and light weight make nice rolling tires, consider >> > the >> > Furious Freds. They work well tubeless with Stan's amongst the >> > goatheads. In >> > any event, I doubt they're much more fragile than a truly desirable >> > 622C55 >> > from Compass would be. >> > >> > -- >> > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >> >> -- >> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never > was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. > Where is there a place for you to be? No place. > "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look > at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. > You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into > somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your > daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is > all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was > any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, > because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where > in your time and your body can they be? > "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show > me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had > redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can > find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
