The QUICK question thread.....

[moorey]

It's an xc rim. the hope fortus 30 or 35 are a similar price and more suitable to your wild ways.

Number is internal width of rim I believe.

No. It’s the enduro rim. Are you just making things up?

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Fortus 30 is more DH.
35 is plus size, and pretty flimsy in comparison.

 

[pink poodle]

No. It’s the enduro rim. Are you just making things up?

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Fortus 30 is more DH.
35 is plus size, and pretty flimsy in comparison.

I'm just going with what CRC have on their site.

 

[ozzybmx]

It’s the enduro rim.

Enduro 2016 or wet UK enduro on skinny muddies.

26mm internal is what my gravel bike rolls on with 29 x 2.25's.

The roadies are now on 25mm internal.

 

[beeb]

my gravel bike rolls on with 29 x 2.25's.

That's 700C+!

 

[pink poodle]

That's 700C+!

Phat

 

[moorey]

Enduro 2016 or wet UK enduro on skinny muddies.

26mm internal is what my gravel bike rolls on with 29 x 2.25's.

The roadies are now on 25mm internal.

26mm is perfectly fine if you aren’t a faddy poseur. You ride Zwift 97% of the time. Your argument isn’t valid.

 

[ozzybmx]

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[ozzybmx]

26mm is perfectly fine if you aren’t a faddy poseur. You ride Zwift 97% of the time. Your argument isn’t valid.

My Zwift bike has no wheels

97%... maybe 20-30% during the great winter of 2022.

 

[beeb]

26mm is perfectly fine if you aren’t a faddy poseur.

So what should I buy?

 

[moorey]

So what should I buy?

55mm gravel rims.

 

[beeb]

55mm gravel rims.

You're not worried about cross-winds with a rim that deep?

 

[pink poodle]

26mm is perfectly fine if you aren’t a faddy poseur. You ride Zwift 97% of the time. Your argument isn’t valid.

No shame in the width. I think most of my outdated 26 inch wheel collection is 28mm internal, so not that different.

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[ozzybmx]

No shame in the width. I think most of my outdated 26 inch wheel collection is 28mm internal, so not that different.

DH rims from 2008 ?

To be honest, in 2011'ish I was riding 2.4 Racing Ralphs on 19mm internal rims, they were awesome. Come 2017 I get told they wont ever work, no grip, wrong tread shape, unstable, knobs too far up the sidewall, burps, rolls... fucking death trap.

28mm is plenty for anything from XC to DH.

 

[pink poodle]

Last custom wheels from twe were 28mm internal. freaking good wheels too! Just not very resistant to salt water.

 

[shiny]

So what should I buy?

Just go to Nextie and channel your inner BMX Bandit;

 

[moorey]

I think Deemax are still only 28mm. Those 2mm must be crucial, hey. Crossmax enduro were closer to 20 internal, the last set I looked at. Mates brutalised those for years without problems.
I’ve got plenty of sets with older flow EX that are 26mm. Been going strong for years. Most of my current sets are around 30. So are they. 35mm, not so much.
Wider rims certainly don’t seem to equate to stronger rims. I have one stupid 40mm set bought by accident. Ticking time bomb.

 

[ozzybmx]

Just go to Nextie and channel your inner BMX Bandit;

Got a 29" one of them on the wheel and tyre dump.

 

[beeb]

Just go to Nextie and channel your inner BMX Bandit;

Yeah nah, I just couldn't. Even if they were the greatest wheels ever, still a 'no' from me.

@ozzybmx - Did you see Nextie have a gravel frame for sale now? 27.2mm seat post is disappointing/dropper choice limiting though.

 

[ozzybmx]

@ozzybmx - Did you see Nextie have a gravel frame for sale now? 27.2mm seat post is disappointing/dropper choice limiting though.

No I didn't. Just looked, also not great that it only fits a 29 x 47mm. Just an open mould Chi carbon frame painted with Nextie decals on it.

Better off with a $300 BXT 29" frame and drop bar it.

 

[beeb]

No I didn't. Just looked, also not great that it only fits a 29 x 47mm. Just an open mould Chi carbon frame painted with Nextie decals on it.

Better off with a $300 BXT 29" frame and drop bar it.

I'm not looking to purchase, just found it surprising they'd started offering frames. I like that it has longer chainstays than most of the open mould gravel frames though. For me 47mm tyre clearance would be adequate. 29er MTB tyres (even in a file-tread) feel so much slower than the 44mm-ish gravel tyres, and if I wanted more tyre than that I'd probably be on an XC bike anyway.