Road clinchers, specifically.

I have the following:

Rim A: Outer width 20mm, inner width 15mm.
Rim B: Outer width 23mm, inner width 18mm.

I’m considering the following carbon rim, which has a thicker hook profile:

Rim C: Outer width 23mm, inner width 15mm.

Question: for each of a number of characteristics such as tyre profile, cornering stability, bump absorption etc, will it behave more like Rim A, Rim B or somewhere between the two? (Assume we’re talking about running the same ~25mm tyre on each rim.)

I have vague theories, but I’m hoping someone who’s used similar thick-hooked carbon rims can provide a comparison from experience.

Cheers 🙂

From a position of complete ignorance, I’d say rim C would ride more like rim A.

I’ve got a folk physics idea about why I say that, but it wouldn’t stand up to internet scrutiny, and probably isn’t worth writing down. I’d assume the profile is more determined by inner than outer width.

I’m interested to find out though – so I thought I’d give this a bump…

I’m going for ride like A and brake like B 🙂