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  • 26+ – What Cheapish Wide Rim?
  • SprocketJockey
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    As they seem to have come down in price a bit I’m thinking of pushing the button on some Dirt Wizards for my venerable Surly 1×1.

    Surly reckon they need a 35mm rim minimum and ideally 50mm.

    What cheapish but decent rim options are out there?

    Anyone got pics of a similar setup to inspire me?

    Although I’d love to build up a wheelset on a pair of rabbit holes, together with cost of the tyres the cost would be straying into n+1 fat bike territory but unfortunately, even with faultless logic applied, there is no way that’s going to get past the internal auditor.

    Posted 8 years ago
    akira
    Full Member

    I’m running mine on spank spike 35s, seem to work pretty well. Not got pics but you could easily run them on a 30mm internal diameter rim as they don’t size up huge.

    Posted 8 years ago
    nedrapier
    Full Member

    search for trials rims: light, strong, cheap! Maybe not all three, but they can be had for a sight cheaper than hugos or rabbit holes.

    Posted 8 years ago
    woody2000
    Full Member

    Halo SAS? Probably weigh as much as a car, but cheap and wide (36mm)

    http://ebay.eu/1SsormY

    Posted 8 years ago
    nedrapier
    Full Member

    loads to choose from here – £17 to £54

    http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/26_inch_rear_rims/c25.html

    Posted 8 years ago
    Retrodirect
    Free Member

    What they said.

    A number of years ago I went mountainbiking in India. I didn’t want to take fancy kit so I built a bike up with all the old parts kicking around our flat. An old trailstar built up with 50mm trials rims. I was only running 2.1 tyres, the cornering was a revelation.

    Do it. if you can put up with the weight it’s well worth it. Since then been running 30-35mm on all my offroad bikes.

    Posted 8 years ago
    chrishc777
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    Superstar have some prototype kind of rims in that size going cheap

    Posted 8 years ago
    karlsbug
    Free Member

    +1 Halo SAS. Cheap, bombproof.

    Posted 8 years ago
    SprocketJockey
    Free Member

    Thanks all for the advice however since posting this an exploratory shed-mining expedition has unearthed a Rhyno-lite wheelset which have 29mm rims. Am now wondering at the biggest tyre I can usefully get on those. They currently sport some Schwalbe Big Apples which are fairly huge.

    If I mounted up some Dirt Wizards on those, will I die? Any other big volume tyres which would work?

    Posted 8 years ago
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