Skinniest tire on a Mavic A119?

Tarckives Bikes
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I posted this on tardforums and got like one response that was ‘yeah, go for it!’

So I’ll try here: I bought some Mavic A119 rims kinda by mistake, kinda cuz I was like ‘oooh, cheap!’ They’re a touring/29 rim. The sticker on the rim lists it as 622 X 19. And I laced them to some free old high flange SS hubs. Anyway, I want to put some skinny tires on them and the Mavic site recommends tire size 28-47mm. Can I go smaller? Is this stupid? Will my tire flatten out on a wider rim?

I’m ready to just say fuck it and put 28s on, no big deal. But I gotta order tires soon.

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28s aren’t that fat.
Just go with those.

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See the expert

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

edit: That chart is broken. Dont use it.

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I’m having fucking problems

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edit: quote didn’t work!

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not like that dumbass. I meant view it in a quote reply. It didn’t work anyway as the spaces didn’t paste proportionally.

Sorry for calling you a dumbass. You were trying to be helpful. . .

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Wow, Thaz a lot of effort. This is actually what the chart says though

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fuck that noise, they will work.

25’s will be fine, 23’s might be a bit awkward, 20’s will be tarck as fuck

-j

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18c for that dorifto stretch.

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if you drove a VW then i’d be “euro” stretched tires ftl.

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i drive a vw.

-j

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Fuck you and fuck you and fuck you and fuck you.

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One of those charts says 23s, 25s okay. The other starts at 28. That was my problem. I think I’ll just go 28, so it doesn’t look too jackass. Whatevs.

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FWIW I really enjoy 28’s on the bike I had them on. It was super chillin.

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[quote=“Teh Muffmuff”]i drive a vw.

-j[/quote]
thanks muffmuff but they only care about pants, veggy food, and girls on bikes around here.

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[quote=“nullassult”][quote=“Teh Muffmuff”]i drive a vw.

-j[/quote]
thanks muffmuff but they only care about pants, veggy food, and girls on bikes around here.[/quote]

I care about cars. And I even care about girls that aren’t on bikes.

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i wouldn’t run anything less than a 25, personally. my friend had so many flats using 25’s on his cyclocross wheels. plus it fucks up the profile - making it more flat instead of rounded. i ride 32’s around on my crosscheck and i love it for the shitty streets.

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[quote=“Rusty Piton”]28s aren’t that fat.
Just go with those.[/quote]

I <3 my 28’s. Not too small not too big, juuuust right.