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.
The only thing stopping you is alloy rims. Carbon fiber, this already exists. The problem in finding super-wide rims in alloy is max rated pressure (for road use). Lots of wide alloy rims exist, if you look at MTB rims--BUT, they cannot take even middling pressures. Even HED Belgium+ have a max PSI limit of 90PSI...which for many is "low".
Easton's R90SL is limited to 120PSI...although it isn't as wide
https://www.eastoncycling.com/media/...20pressure.pdf