Originally Posted by Mountain_Owl
There's an old car/tire commercial whose tagline is 'Wider is better.' The tires on my bike are 26x1.95's. Would it be possible to put 26x2.15 tires on it, as one example?...
Yea it would, but if it would help or not would depend on how wide your rims are.
Fatter tires are heavier and accellerate slower, but (theoretically) can be run at lower pressures--but they'll handle well only when mounted on wider rims. How wide are your rims?
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lot of MTB's ome with 1"-wide rims that are really too narrow for MTB use. They're strong enough, but their narrow widths force you to keep the tires inflated too high. Only cruiser bikes seem to come with decent-width rims anymore.
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