Question: Buying some tyres
katozdad
Posts: 296 Member
Hi all,
I bought a new bike a couple of weeks ago, and am getting used to the new fit, which is good. I have the standard tyres that came with the bike still fitted and am considering a set of slicks, or at the very least less tread. I have done some research on the sheldon brown website... here... http://sheldonbrown.com/tyre-sizing.html
The website provides a chart regarding what tyre widths that can be fitted to a given rim width.. In my case the 700 rims with 17mm width suggests that I can fit a tyre width of between 25 and 37mm. I currently have 35mm tyres fitted, but they appear to be an odd size, where as 32 and 28mm widths appear to be more popular sizes. My concern is that if I buy some 28 or 32s whether it would look obvious and spoil the aesthetics.
The LBS would be quite happy to sell the tyre equivalent of a chocolate fire guard, so I don't value their advice. I might just be worrying about nothing, but don't want to invest £40-50 on some tyres that look awful or weird once I have them fitted on the rim.
Does anyone have any experience of getting different tyre widths fitted to rims and pictures would be welcome too.
Thanks.
I bought a new bike a couple of weeks ago, and am getting used to the new fit, which is good. I have the standard tyres that came with the bike still fitted and am considering a set of slicks, or at the very least less tread. I have done some research on the sheldon brown website... here... http://sheldonbrown.com/tyre-sizing.html
The website provides a chart regarding what tyre widths that can be fitted to a given rim width.. In my case the 700 rims with 17mm width suggests that I can fit a tyre width of between 25 and 37mm. I currently have 35mm tyres fitted, but they appear to be an odd size, where as 32 and 28mm widths appear to be more popular sizes. My concern is that if I buy some 28 or 32s whether it would look obvious and spoil the aesthetics.
The LBS would be quite happy to sell the tyre equivalent of a chocolate fire guard, so I don't value their advice. I might just be worrying about nothing, but don't want to invest £40-50 on some tyres that look awful or weird once I have them fitted on the rim.
Does anyone have any experience of getting different tyre widths fitted to rims and pictures would be welcome too.
Thanks.
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Not sure how they'd look on the bike, but there are a bargain set of 700c x 37mm Continentals in Wiggle Price Drop Promotion at the moment. I've been following them for a few days and went for a pair myself this morning as the stock is getting low (currently 7 left @£12.19 each - RRP £32.95)
I'm going to try them on my 29er MTB, which i'm slowly using more for commuting. excellent reviews for them on the intert'web
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-travelcontact-folding-city-road-tyre/0 -
Can't go far wrong with Marathon Plus from Schwalbe. They go down as low as 25mm and I have worn 2 out (20,000+ miles) without a single puncture.
The secret is the reinforced walls - so can be a bit of a struggle to get on.
Strongly suggest you google them and check out the reviews!0 -
the Arkose has Alex CXD26 rims hasn't it... which as you say has an internal bed of 17mm
http://www.alexrims.com/product_detail.asp?sc=0&cat=1&pid=5&cat2=9
personally I'd go for 28mm's - and remember, certain makes of tyres (continental especially) come up narrower than their rated width (the 25mms are nearer 23, and the 28s are pretty much spot on 25mm).
I reckon the Schwalbe Marathon Plus in a 28mm would be a good compromise between weight and durability...
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/tyres-tubes/road-tyres-tubes/schwalbe-road-tyres/schwalbe-marathon-plus-smartguard-rigid-tyre-700c.html0 -
+1 for the Marathon Plus's, but they're HEAVY!
Look at Shwalbe Durano's; I have their 25's fitted on my CX for winter road use and have no complaints...0
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