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Originally Posted by dhdallas

I am planning on using a used Softride Norwester road bike for gravel riding. My rims state a recommended width of 32mm. How wide can I actually go provided the chain stays are wide enough. I did a search on this forum and I did find one post where a guy said you can pretty much fit any width tire on a road rim and that he even put 2.1 inch MTB tires on a road rim. That seems a bit excessive but I was hoping to go up to 45mm. Yes or no?

what is your rim width?

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