Originally Posted by
partyanimal
Looking to get new tires for my ~87' Peugeot Orient Express. Hoping for a gravel but there's a lot more options in 26" going with MTB tires. Aside from measuring the width of the fork and chain/seat stays where the tire sits, are there are any other considerations for how big a tire I can use? Hoping to go with something pretty chunky in the 2"+ range - any issues with bigger tires and the old stock aluminum rims?
Thanks!
The stock rims are described in the catalog as 26"x1.75"
* so I'd imagine they're plenty wide for the tires you want to use. If you have tires on there now, you can use allen wrenches as feeler gauges to estimate how much bigger of a tire you could fit in there. That works best with slick tires, but if you find that you just won't be able to fit anything over a real 2", that could save you the aggravation of having to return 2"+ tires that don't fit...
* Stamping the recommended tire size into a rim isn't my favorite practice but they started doing it before I could say anything about it.
