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Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94
Ditto about the tires. I went from 2.1" knobbies to 1.5" smooth (inverted tread) tires a couple months back and couldn't be happier. Would love to try 1.3" or 1.25" tires, but on 26" rims I think the overall tire diameter would be a bit small. Really makes me wish I had 700c tires now.
Unless you have some bizzare extra wide rims, 1.25" will fit fine.
My MB rims are 21MM wide and the 1.25's I have on it don't look undersize at all.
I think the tire is actually "designed" for std. MB rims.
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