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Old 11-28-18 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob Dopolina


The 23 INTERNAL WIDTH rim seems pretty gravel specific to me. Honestly, I'd have a second set of wheels to swap in for the road vs changing tires. It may be cost prohibitive for some but trying to make one wheelset that can optimally run everything from 23c-40c seems like the holy grail, to me.
I guess that's kinda what I'm asking. In what way does a 23c rim run a 40mm tire better than eg. a more run of the mill 19-21c rim?
I'd probably myself opt (if I had disc brakes) for something like the DT RR421 rim sizing.
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