Is the tire too big/risky for my frame? Brand new 30mm gp5000 tire. Smallest frame gap is 1-1.5mm… I usually run 28mm on it without problem
Is the tire too big/risky for my frame? Brand new 30mm gp5000 tire. Smallest frame gap is 1-1.5mm… I usually run 28mm on it without problem
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by Adam1pplayer
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At the end of the day it’s your choice, but when it picks up crap from the road, particularly when it’s wet, that’s going to start wearing away your fork crown
Yup it’s too big.
The headaches this could cause would be significantly more uncomfortable than a 2mm narrower tyre.
As soon as it goes a lil bit out of true you’re asking for fork rub, not to mention anything sticking to the tyre making you stop your ride to scrape it off
Did you notice much difference between the 28s and 30s? Just curious.
Too big.
You don’t want anything getting picked up on they front tyre and jamming under the fork.
You go down hard if that happens.
It’s a Continental. It will swell
Down to 28mm fella
Its big and this exaggeration about fat tires on roads has to come to an end. Contis are allready on the large side ie the 23 is 25+ and 25 is 28mm..count them
I’d run it cause I have a similar gap running 28s but I’d recommend against it in the wet you’ll pick up sand and basically have 80 grit sand paper running though your fork / frame
Radial true being out of whack is now your worst nightmare
Conti road tires are over-sized. Annoying AF. They’ll stretch out a little, get even closer or maybe rub. You need 25s. This isn’t your fault. I don’t know why continental is like this.
FYI, they supposedly stretch a little bigger over the first month…
Maybe less severe problems & riskif it was on the rear wheel only.
If you don’t mind getting a little kooky, you can built up the fork dropouts and have the wheel sit a little lower. There are various ways to build a shim, the easiest being aluminum foil or even kookier, add some duct tape for insurance, lol. I did this recently for my old Civilian that I wanted to make a bit more comfortable by increasing tire width. Works great!
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Its too big.
You can put electrical tape or frame protection tape to avoid damage you frame when the wheel flex, you can ride with a close gap but when the tyre hits the frame its the real problem. The easy solution its back to the 28mm