Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads This is after a bit less than a year of riding in mud and sand. Should I go for a smaller tire? by cdn27121 Bicycling Biking Cycling Gravel Cycling Gravelcycling
Pawsy_Bear on September 21, 2024 8:16 am A bit of rub no issues. But indicates tyres too wide or you were just unlucky with mud build up. No structural problems that I can see. Inflite is CX race bike, tyre clearance 38mm it’s CX race legal. So 40mm too wide.
ExoticSterby42 on September 21, 2024 8:18 am I wouldn’t use 40mm again, 37 max and 35-33 if it has bigger knobbies. Cyclocross is much more restricting than a gravel frame.
Foreign_Curve_494 on September 21, 2024 8:21 am Yeah I’d go down to 38mm and protect the damaged area with helicopter tape. And check the wheel is true
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smaller tire would help yes.
A bit of rub no issues. But indicates tyres too wide or you were just unlucky with mud build up. No structural problems that I can see.
Inflite is CX race bike, tyre clearance 38mm it’s CX race legal. So 40mm too wide.
I wouldn’t use 40mm again, 37 max and 35-33 if it has bigger knobbies. Cyclocross is much more restricting than a gravel frame.
Yeah I’d go down to 38mm and protect the damaged area with helicopter tape. And check the wheel is true