http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: tyre width - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:48:36 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13443#post-165534 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:51:34 +0000 Mandopicker101 165534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So after today's leaf jam skid and other hairy moments, I'd like embrace Autumn by swapping out my minimal tread 28mm Vittoria Rubinos for something 'treadier'. However, I'm a little concerned that even 28mm rubber is beyond what my rims can handle.</p> <p>I have Mach 1 CFX rims at the moment. They've taken a little 'persuasion' to accept the 28mm Rubinos, but ran fine with a 28mm Conti Gatorskin and a SuperSport Plus (both pretty tight tyres I grant you). According to the label, the rims are 622 x 13. I'm looking to run something between 28mm and 33mm.</p> <p>Received wisdom (Sheldon Brown, Schwalbe Technical Info) suggests I can go down to fag-packet thin 18mm tyres and up to 25mm rubber. Anything over that is uncertain/'this way disaster lies' territory. </p> <p>Reading around the interwebs, I've found people saying wider tyres will/won't work. </p> <p>Any experience of getting this to work, or should I be sticking my CFX wheels on eBay and starting over? </p>