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Originally Posted by Dave
Most rim brakes and their frames won't work with these wheel and tire sizes. If yours will, you should try it.
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You mean most
recent rim brakes and their frames won't work with these tires and sizes. A few decades ago, clincher tires between 28-32 on rim brake road bikes was the norm. With the development of high pressure clinchers, a lot of riders became convinced that narrow high pressure tires were better, and bike designers decided that they no longer needed to provide clearance for tire widths that had been common in the past.
In 1973, the rim brake Schwinn Varsity came standard with 32mm (1 1/4") tires that were mounted to hookless rims, and had a maximum pressure of psi. 50 years later, the latest Zipp wheels are optimized for 30mm tires, and have hookless rims with a maximum pressure of 73 psi. What's old is new again.