Hello all. Brought my 2010 Kona Dew Deluxe hybrid out of retirement, mostly because I hate to see it just hanging there, unused. Our roads are such here that the mountain and fat bikes get most of the mileage.
Anyway, the Schwalbe 700 x 32 mm tires feel awfully skinny after the other bikes. Yes, the rolling resistance is low, and the bike is fast, but the ability to gobble up potholes and cracks is not great. I'd like to go with a wider tire if possible. How wide can I go on the factory rims? I don't know how rim width is officially measured, but the outside width is 25.x mm (almost exactly 1"). [Update: The rims are labelled Alexrims DC25. The linked table seems to indicate that the 32s I'm running are too narrow, and that 44 - 62 mm is the correct width range! ]
https://alexrims.com/faq/#1469038581282-feb8f0cf-5e6e
It seems to me I could go up to at least a 40 mm tire without having any clearance issues with the frame, so believe that the width of the rim will be the limiting factor. Thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!
Anyway, the Schwalbe 700 x 32 mm tires feel awfully skinny after the other bikes. Yes, the rolling resistance is low, and the bike is fast, but the ability to gobble up potholes and cracks is not great. I'd like to go with a wider tire if possible. How wide can I go on the factory rims? I don't know how rim width is officially measured, but the outside width is 25.x mm (almost exactly 1"). [Update: The rims are labelled Alexrims DC25. The linked table seems to indicate that the 32s I'm running are too narrow, and that 44 - 62 mm is the correct width range! ]
https://alexrims.com/faq/#1469038581282-feb8f0cf-5e6e
It seems to me I could go up to at least a 40 mm tire without having any clearance issues with the frame, so believe that the width of the rim will be the limiting factor. Thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!