lol no way man! Buy a spoke wrench and learn how to true your wheel! The only question is what size; you could get a 3-way, but those usually really cheap and you might end up rounding off your nipples.

I recommend (a) watch a couple utub videos on how to true a wheel and see how easy it is, and (b) ride to a LBS, tell them you want either a Park SW-40 or SW-42, whichever is the size that fits on your spokes. It'll cost probably about ten bucks.

For a 300lb rider on a bike that accepts max 25/28mm tires, that's a context that is very hard on wheels, so a spoke wrench and a little practice is a good investment. Hopefully you've got at least 32 spokes in the back, 36 would be preferable. Front wheels don't bear as much load, and don't need asymmetric dishing for the cassette, so they are usually less problematic (unless you crash into a curb or something)

check this thread:

That is surprising. It would only hold true to a certain point, though. If you tried to put it on a wide 29er rim it would have to be shorter at the center. Just think of a section of folding bead tire when folded flat, it's as short as it can be, and the beads are as far apart as they can be.

Your road bike is going to be harder to make work for your weight than it was on the MTB.

I don't think truing the wheel is going to make the tire fit. I think it's probably just too big for the frame. People around here like their big soft tires and so we sometimes talk about how much clearance is really needed... although opinions differ, "almost none" is not a favorite answer.

You could probably overfill a GP4000sii 25 or some other true-to-size 28 with no trouble. It will just be a tiny bit harsher.

After a certain point, it would get shorter at the centre. However, that would be a very wide rim for a tyre width. Like 23 mm wide inner rim bead width with a 23 mm tyre.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014KITUPS

Three separate 4-sided spoke wrenches for $10. Had this set for about a year, with no issues.

That looks really good, wish I had known about those. I've always wondered why there's no Park SW-41.

update guys: after truing the wheel the best I can it looks like I have about 1mm clearance.

edit: decided to not use it. will be selling the bike since the mtb does pretty much everything I need.

my road bike unfortunately didnt pick up 2mph. its actually abt the same speed as the mtn bike, and thats without the shocks locked out. I do have to confess that on the mtb I now have conti 4000 s ii 28c on the front and may swtich to that on the back as well as it rolls so well.

most gain I got was on one ride on the drops about half the time I gained 1.2 mph over the mtb but normal riding no gain.


this is good news for me because now I know that I can do the hottern hell 100 on my mtb with no real speed penalty. and I'll be way more comfy, stable, ride a bigger tire over the chiopseal etc etc