I concur with Bob in that there are other variables. Rim width and hub
strength also matter -- as does how much you generally carry, and
where.
I recently helped a customer who wanted us to rebuild his 32-spoke
wheel with a wider rim -- but he wanted to run a 25mm tire on it. When
I looked at his
Mavic A319 is a 25mm wide 700c rim. Shimano XT hubs are 135mm rear 100mm
front. I'm going to use 35-40mm tires and 9-speed 11-32 cassette. The riding
will be pavement and smooth gravel - not any real offroad touring. I'll load
the bike so that it'll probably be around 60-65% back and 35-40% front
I have 32 spoke 650B Dyads on my Sam and rode it to Shanghai this summer.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.comwrote:
MY opinion and experiences says yes. I've toured on 700c Dyad rims, XT
hubs with 32 Sapim spokes with 250 lbs with no issues. Mine were
MY opinion and experiences says yes. I've toured on 700c Dyad rims, XT
hubs with 32 Sapim spokes with 250 lbs with no issues. Mine were
professionaly built and I used 28mm tires. all pavement too.
Both your rims and hubs are fairly stout.
~Mike~
On Aug 24, 9:46 pm, Bob Cooper
