Originally Posted by
Rvenom
Yeah was thinking about doing that. The wheels do say 700x50c but the bike has 29er written all over it.
Road bikes and some hybrids usually have 700c (approx 27") wheels with skinny tires, while mountain bike have 26" wheels with fat tires.
I believe a so-called 29" wheel combines the larger dimensions of both - a 27-ish" wheel with fat tires, so that the outside diameter including the tires is 29". The wheel is larger than a normal 26" mountain bike wheel, but the rim is also much wider than a normal road or hybrid 700c wheel. You need to find out if they sell slightly skinnier tires than the 50 mm wide ones you have, that still fit those rims. Since it says 700, i would guess the wheel is exactly the same diameter as a 700c road bike wheel, but since the rim is probably wider, skinny road tires in the 25-28 mm range likely won't sit properly. If you do fit skinnier than 50mm wide tires you probably need skinnier tubes too so they don't bunch up inside the tire.