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So if I went to the bother of getting some 47mm trials rims built into wheels and fitted a 2.4 at the back and something like a 2.6 ardent (or some 3.0 tyre if I could find something not too heavy) and put them on my 26" Inbred...
Would it actually be much better on snow and peaty grassland where there aren't proper trails as such...
or is it a pointless half way house and if that's what I fancy I should just save up for a fat bike?
I'll tell you when I've done it 😀
Have been researching lots. I got a 50mm rim but my 2.5 Diesel's profile has not changed much on it. I then read about similar tyres on 70mm rims becoming 2.9, so I think I'm going to get a wider rim for my experiment (which will start off as front only).
mtbtires.com has good info about actual tyre volume.
No idea how it will ride and whether I would use a full fat bike much!
Not sure but I'll find out soon 😉
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Rims are narrow for the moment tho as its a cheap test setup
one of my bikes has 36mm rims and 2.4 tires, though i have 2.55's too.
great in the snow.......but
since i bought my salsa mukluk with 80mm rims and 3.8 tires, it doesnt get used at all......try a real fat bike, your cant compare them with a modified normal MTB.
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yeah thats the sort of thing firestarter, though obviously you have more room at the back (being a 29er)
that's interesting cynic-al, i thought a 47 would be enough to make the profile bigger
be interested in ride reports when you have them, especially if you have ridden a fat bike too?
I'd probably more something more normal with the wheels and forks that came off for glentress thrashing about with others in the summer
thats quite a tyre comparison pic 🙂
only had a spin on full fat.
my research suggests that a wide rim allows low pressures so I think I'll start out wide. you can run Larry on narrow rims but not at low pressures, which appears to be the crucial thing.
As a 2nd stop gap I hope to go full fat front and stick 3" in the back.
have a look at the bike PaulE ( http://shoestring-racing.blogspot.com/2009/11/2010-fleet.html ) used for Arrowhead, uses snowlite rims and Conti DH/FR tires, with a sandman fork........... worked for him
Have you tried skinny at the front and fat (spiked) at the back?
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