Bicycle Quarterly Tire Width

Road bike style commuting bikes might accept a tyre of around 28mm width often with space for mudguards but some commuting bikes and those based on mountain bikes will take up to a 44mm tyre.

Bicycle quarterly tire width. Technical articles on the performance of wide tires frame stiffness and. Secret gravel passes of the cascade range randonneurs in mid century france forgotten japanese mountain roads. 4 for tires mounted on rims of appropriate width for the tire width. If you are not sure please send the rim profile of your rims to the tire manufacture to confirm the best tire width you should use.

For smoother trails or hard packed dirt you may select a narrow tire such as 1 8. The letter at the end of a tire size is a throwback to an old french system when the letters a b and c designated different inner tire diameters it does not stand for cm. 23c 25c and 28c their width in mm. The chart is based on tests on light bicycle made rims.

Tire width depends on tire pressure and rim width. That means the actual width can be a little narrower or wider than the nominal width. We usually recommend choosing the middle of the tire with a range just to be safe. Standard road bicycle wheel size today is 622 mm and it usually takes tyres of 23 622 or wider 25 622.

Today when off road bicycles with wheels larger than standard mtb wheels started to be popular it s wheels are marketed as 29 but in fact are 622 wheels with wider tyres so that outer diameter is close to 29. More narrow tires are also suited for muddy conditions to prevent bogging down in the mud. It might be supposed that these two tyres are both notionally 26 diameter and one and a half inches in width but 26 1 is a whole inch bigger than 26 1 5. The former is fractional and the latter decimal and as a rule decimal and fractional tyre sizes that look the same are not.

When it comes to choosing width there are two major factors at play. Features that bring you inspiring discoveries. I recently installed a set of compass barlow pass extralight 700c x 38 mm tires on a bicycle quarterly test bike. This tire has too much air.

If the tyre fits to help you choose the right tyre for your bike tyres are made to a common standard so you can easily find a tyre to fit your wheels. According to frank berto and jan heine of bicycle quarterly magazine two top bicycle science guys the most efficient bicycle tire pressure is one that gives you a 15 drop in tire height when you get on the bike. In bicycle quarterly you ll read. Bike tests that take you on amazing adventures where we challenge the test bikes to the limits of their capabilities.

Road bike tires generally come in three widths. For instance if the range is 1 9 2 2 2 0 or 2 1 would be the sweet spot.