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currently running a set of 2.8 Nobby Nic's on a alpkit rumpus wheelset on my bandit 29, really like them but looking for a little more clearance through the winter slop.
Any reason not to run a set of 2.5 Wide Trail shorty's? they have the same ERD as the NN's and are 7mm narrower than the Nobby Nic's according to the official maxxis and schwable blurb.
Should be fine. Only risk would be if the BB height was already extremely low but generally a lower BB is a good thing when it's slippery.
in theory it should be the same as I'm running now.
interested to hear how you get on with this - hard to believe it will really be as tall as the NN? If so I may try it too...
The rim diameter is the same but it's a lower profile tyre, hence less overall diameter.
How is the Bandit for BB drop normally? That could end up pretty pedal-scrapily low. I reckon I'll be using my 29er wheels for anything really muddy and swapping to the b+ for drier stuff (if it works out; I've not actually testridden it yet) but obviously that depends on having spare wheels!
Interested to see how you get on with this as I've just got a set of Rumpus wheels and have been wondering about tyre choice (first build willbe TrailBlazers to get a reference point for sizing in the Codeine frame)
Found this:
[i]"Maxxis says the Wide Trail design is optimized for 35mm internal diameter rims,"[/i]
Says so on the internet so must be true. Rumpus rims are 45mm internal. Extra 10mm likely to be an issue?
[quote=chiefgrooveguru ]The rim diameter is the same but it's a lower profile tyre, hence less overall diameter.
yep. i'm an idiot, I was reading the rim diameter as the rolling diameter.
BB drop isn't too bad on the bandit29 with 2.8NN's on, its still better than my old bandit26 with the tyres it was designed for on.
can't decide at the moment whether to go back to 29r wheels for the winter or chance a set of wide trails on the rumpus rims.
either way its £70-80 on tyres!!
Fwiw on the 29er front i have just mounted a 2.5 29er shorty to my 30mm internal DT Swiss rims. Yet to use it as I'm waiting for the frame to arrive but it's a really aggressive looking tyre, like it should be on an mx bike rather than an mtb. It also went up tubeless and has held all air without any sealant which I was impressed with.