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  • are 23mm Archetype rims too narrow for 29er tyres?
  • reggiegasket
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    I have a spare rear CX wheel (Archetype on Pro2Evo) which could move across onto the the 29er. But is it too narrow to run 2.1 29er knobblies?

    I know the fashion is for wide rims which give a nice fat tyre profile but how narrow is too narrow?….

    The Archetypes are 23mm wide (external) whereas, say, Stans Crest 29er are 24.5mm external, so not much in it.

    Posted 9 years ago
    guglielmo
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    Will be fine! In the old days we were running 2.1s on 17mm and less rims and nobody died

    Posted 9 years ago
    Yak
    Full Member

    Probably not too narrow. Try it and see what the tyre profile looks like. 717s etc used to be normal for 2.1 and bigger a few years ago.
    (beaten to it!)

    Posted 9 years ago
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