Rims for wider tires

[Louis]

A buddy of mine who often rides his bike in to work is looking for some info on going to wider tires (say 700 x 28 or 32) for his commuter. According to Sheldon Brown here (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire_sizing.html) (the color table all the way at the bottom of the page) he should probably not use a 13mm wide rim, but go with at least a 15mm, if not wider. That eliminates OPs and most commonly available rims that we typically use.

What rims do you 'cross types use when you are running a 28 or 32 tire?

TIA

Louis

[IXXI]

Look into Salsa Delgado Cross rims... a little like OPs on steroids. Metaphorically speaking, of course, cause they're a little wider. I like mine.

A

[Lifelover]

A buddy of mine who often rides his bike in to work is looking for some info on going to wider tires (say 700 x 28 or 32) for his commuter. According to Sheldon Brown here (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire_sizing.html) (the color table all the way at the bottom of the page) he should probably not use a 13mm wide rim, but go with at least a 15mm, if not wider. That eliminates OPs and most commonly available rims that we typically use.

What rims do you 'cross types use when you are running a 28 or 32 tire?

TIA

Louis

Interesting.

I had never seen or even considered this before. For what it's worth the Mavic Site (http://www.mavic.com/ewb_pages/p/piste_produit_jante_OPEN_PRO.php?onglet=3&gamme=route) says that OP are good for 28's up to 117 PSI

A friend has been running 32's on Easton Circuits for commuting all year and has not had a problem.

[dbrk]

I routinely ride 32-35c tires on OP rims, and if you order a bike from Singer in Paris you find out that they think the same thing...it's OK.

I'm just sayin' this is what I do. YMMV.

dbrk

[Bradford]

That eliminates OPs and most commonly available rims that we typically use.


A) Try a tandem rim. Our tandem has Velocity rims and they are great.

B) See Tall, Too, How to build a set of clincher wheels that ride almost as good as tubulars, Serotta Forum Press, 2006. You can find it here: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=20758

[Marburg]

I'm always running the Riv Rolly-Polly/Ruffy-Tuffy tires (nominal 28s) on both OPs and RR1.1s at pressures > 100psi. And of course there's wiiiide 32mm Michelin cross tires, but they aren't at those sorts of pressures.

For low-bling wheels, I've used the olde reliable Sun CR18 to good effect.

edit: I should say I've got RP/RTs on OPs, RR1.1s _and_ Velocity Aeroheads

[harlond]

I also run Ruffy-Tuffies on Velocity Aeroheads. Very satisfied so far.

[Louis]

Thanks for the info guys.

I just sent my buddy a link to this thread.

Louis

[Ken Robb]

I have run Michelin 700x32 cross tires on OP rims--no problem.

[Marburg]

So let me flip this around. Is an OP really an appropriate rim for a commuter? If you're going to be running 32-35-37 tires (Paselas, etc), running into potholes, etc, wouldn't a wider (and cheaper!) rim be better.

Again, maybe a CR18, or the Velocity touring rim? MA3?

[zank]

I run cross tires on Mavic Open Pros and Velocity Aeroheads with no issue whatsoever.

[chakatrain]

On my cross bike, I run two types of tires on my Mavic Open Pros:

For commuting:
Conti Top Touring 2000 (http://www.conti-tyres.co.uk/conticycle/ti%20top%20touring%202000.shtml). 32mm. With reflective white sidewall for style and visiblity.

For offroad:
Michelin Mud 2 (http://two-wheels.michelin.com/2w/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=2092004115406&codePage=2092004115406_10092004150554&lang=EN). 30mm (but ride like 34mm).

Have had no problems at all.

[MarleyMon]

I commute 22 miles round trip on a set of Mavic A719 36 hole w/ 105 hubs. They work great. I've mounted Conti Ultra Gatorskins and Bontrager Satellite hard case tires, will put Conti Top Touring on next.

[Ginger]

Wow...I've been abusing my OPs on dirt roads/Michigan potholes/trails with those Richey speed max cross tires for almost two years now. Shame on me.


Is that chart for clinchers or tubulars?

Although I agree that some mountain bike tires really should be run on wider rims as the handling does get sloppy if they're all balooned out on too narrow of a rim.