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01-19-17 | 04:15 PM

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TimothyH

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Originally Posted by DrIsotope

I'd just like to know who makes this stuff up...

"Example of reading: a 23mm tyre can be safely mounted on traditional rims of 13mm to 16mm (internal width). On any rim wider than 16mm, it is not possible to use a 23mm tyre safely.

On the other hand, a rim that is 21mm wide internally, can only accept tyres from 35mm and above."

I've been running 28mm wide tires on 23mm internal width rims for like 2 years. And I've read on this very forum of guys running 700x23 on 21 and 23 wide wheels. And look at that, none of us are dead.

Mavic did not offer wide rims at the time the original iteration of that article was written.

Mavic has been understandably biased toward their own relatively narrow rims.

-Tim-

Last edited by TimothyH; 01-19-17 at 04:29 PM.

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