If that were my bike I wouldn’t be comfortable with that. What’s the tire size?
Loukz on
Yes
CompleteCircuit on
very little room for error. If it works tho it works
RenaissancemanTX on
Too close for comfort.
Plastic-Gift5078 on
Yes too little clearance especially for a front wheel.
92beatsperminute on
I would say no. Having slick tires makes it less dodgy but mud, dog poo will cause problems.
Swimming-Chicken-682 on
Reminds me of my old Litespeed Ultimate; if I rode through sand on my 23s, they’d rub the frame. There’s also the danger of swelling at high speeds, but most people never go over 50mph on a bike, so you probably don’t need to worry about that.
I say send it.
boopiejones on
I would not be comfortable with that little clearance.
I’d say size down a tire, but the one on there now doesn’t look very big.
What bike is that and what size tire? Bmc team machine? Those allegedly have clearance for 30mm tires.
Own_Shine_5855 on
It might be fine until it’s not.
I would be very nervous of hitting something during a high speed descent and getting any sort of hop/out of round in my wheel.
Now things are locking up or steering is affected.
Proceed with caution lol!
WhichStatistician810 on
That frame is built to be that close it’s why the tube is curved to match it
bt1138 on
no good.
You will definitely pick things up as you ride and they will get stuck in the crack. I had a bike like that it would pick up leaves and they’d stick in there and make a lot of noise and I’d have to stop and pull it out.
If something harder than a leaf gets in there, trouble.
dpmelb on
That’s really close.
What’s the frame size? Is it designed to take smaller wheels (650b) like some smaller Canyon road sizes?
vohltere on
Too close. If your tyre picks up something, it will start damaging the frame.
MTB_SF on
If you roll that over a small piece of glass, you could easily have it stick to the tire, spin around to hit the frame, and then slice your tire wide open.
That’s not a risk I’d be willing to take.
Sun_Mooon on
Small rocks/dirt will stick to the tire and then rub against the frame and ruin the paint.
FragilePromise on
Push it to the limit! The limit! Walk along the razors edge. Welcome to the limit!
Fuzzy_Balance_6181 on
Jesus it’s not just that it’s 1.86mm but that it’s that close to the down tube so far back from the fork – if there is any flex at all in the fork or front end the tyre is gonna come back and up and collect the down tube.
I reckon if you just jump on the brake too hard you’ll get tyre rub from the reaction forces…
SillySpook on
Just looking at that photo makes me nervous.
fallingbomb on
Fine in the dry.
Hmmm3420 on
Just wait till you hit a pot hole, or putting 500 watts when climbing.
Beneficial-Oven1258 on
That frame has clearance for 27mm tires, and GP5000 tend to measure a bit wide, especially on rims with wider inner width.
That’s too tight.
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If that were my bike I wouldn’t be comfortable with that. What’s the tire size?
Yes
very little room for error. If it works tho it works
Too close for comfort.
Yes too little clearance especially for a front wheel.
I would say no. Having slick tires makes it less dodgy but mud, dog poo will cause problems.
Reminds me of my old Litespeed Ultimate; if I rode through sand on my 23s, they’d rub the frame. There’s also the danger of swelling at high speeds, but most people never go over 50mph on a bike, so you probably don’t need to worry about that.
I say send it.
I would not be comfortable with that little clearance.
I’d say size down a tire, but the one on there now doesn’t look very big.
What bike is that and what size tire? Bmc team machine? Those allegedly have clearance for 30mm tires.
It might be fine until it’s not.
I would be very nervous of hitting something during a high speed descent and getting any sort of hop/out of round in my wheel.
Now things are locking up or steering is affected.
Proceed with caution lol!
That frame is built to be that close it’s why the tube is curved to match it
no good.
You will definitely pick things up as you ride and they will get stuck in the crack. I had a bike like that it would pick up leaves and they’d stick in there and make a lot of noise and I’d have to stop and pull it out.
If something harder than a leaf gets in there, trouble.
That’s really close.
What’s the frame size? Is it designed to take smaller wheels (650b) like some smaller Canyon road sizes?
Too close. If your tyre picks up something, it will start damaging the frame.
If you roll that over a small piece of glass, you could easily have it stick to the tire, spin around to hit the frame, and then slice your tire wide open.
That’s not a risk I’d be willing to take.
Small rocks/dirt will stick to the tire and then rub against the frame and ruin the paint.
Push it to the limit! The limit! Walk along the razors edge. Welcome to the limit!
Jesus it’s not just that it’s 1.86mm but that it’s that close to the down tube so far back from the fork – if there is any flex at all in the fork or front end the tyre is gonna come back and up and collect the down tube.
I reckon if you just jump on the brake too hard you’ll get tyre rub from the reaction forces…
Just looking at that photo makes me nervous.
Fine in the dry.
Just wait till you hit a pot hole, or putting 500 watts when climbing.
That frame has clearance for 27mm tires, and GP5000 tend to measure a bit wide, especially on rims with wider inner width.
That’s too tight.