Originally Posted by aclinjury

alright I'll address a couple of distinct issues here

1. mtb rims have gotten wider over the years, yes that's true, but mtb tires are also have been getting wider too, and mtb tires are still much wider than their rims when compared to a road or gravel setup. So while wider mtb rims have alleviate and somewhat makes the above statement a little less to be of a concerned, the statement is still a valid one since there are still a lot of mtb bikes on older generation rims.