Old 04-05-18, 11:33 AM
  #4  
ThermionicScott 
working on my sandal tan
 
ThermionicScott's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: CID
Posts: 22,629

Bikes: 1991 Bianchi Eros, 1964 Armstrong, 1988 Diamondback Ascent, 1988 Bianchi Premio, 1987 Bianchi Sport SX, 1980s Raleigh mixte (hers), All-City Space Horse (hers)

Mentioned: 98 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3871 Post(s)
Liked 2,568 Times in 1,579 Posts
Hey, you gotta be careful when you ask for "any insight".

The best way to know what you can put on your frame is to measure the clearance around the tires you have. I like to use allen wrenches as feeler gauges. Let's say you have 23mm tires on now, and you can slip a 3mm allen wrench in between your front tire and the fork crown. Well, since tires are roughly circular, that means a 25mm tire would be about 2mm taller, and an extra mm on each side. Probably not enough clearance for a 28mm in this example though. Rear tire is much the same, except you have to keep an eye on the chainstay clearance too.

Unless there is an NJS/keirin spec for tire clearance, it's very possible for two track bikes to have different tire clearances, so the size of tires someone else can fit may not be applicable to you...
__________________
Originally Posted by chandltp
There's no such thing as too far.. just lack of time
Originally Posted by noglider
People in this forum are not typical.
RUSA #7498
ThermionicScott is offline