Thanks guys! As always, great info. I think I'll just run them on my Open Pros for now. And when I have a bit of spare change, I'll upgrade to a 23mm rim so they can run a bit truer to size.
Eric On Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 12:53:48 AM UTC-5, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > No one has mentioned this yet, but for some types of brakes, having a big > difference between the rim width and tire width will cause problems with > wheel removal, simply because the brakes can't open wide enough for the > tires to pass through, even with the QR actuated. For example, on my > Wilbury, running Hetres on A23 rims and Tektro R559 brakes, the tires > barely squeezes through a completely open brake. If the rims were narrower, > I will need to deflate the tire some to install/remove the wheel. > > > On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 10:32:11 PM UTC-8, Eric Karnes wrote: >> >> Hi all- >> >> Wanted to get your thoughts... >> >> I have a set of OpenPro rims on which I comfortably run 35mm tires on my >> Hilsen. I'd like to go up to the max knobbies that the bike can run (I'm >> leaning toward 40mm Clements MSOs). Have people had success running tires >> this wide on OpenPros or would it be more prudent to invest in a new set of >> rims? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Eric >> >> ps. If anyone has a spare set of 40-ish mm knobbies you are looking to >> part with, lemme know! >> > -- 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.
