Re: [CR] Wider tires faster?; Was: Rim sizing - then & now

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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:43:45 -0800
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: Pablo Brena <pbrena@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Wider tires faster?; Was: Rim sizing - then & now


On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Pablo Brena <pbrena@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello CR List Members,
>
> And what about rim with???, shouldn't wider tires require wider rims???

I'm not sure "require" is the operative word. They may work better or not. I had good results running huge off-topic ATB tires on skinny MA-2 rims, and I ran skinny nominal 23mm Contis on exceptionally wide Campagnolo 700C clincher rims as well. They both looked a little funny but seemed to function just fine. I think sweeping generalizations will be hard to make and it will come down to indivdual cases.

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham,Washington
USA