newbie help with tyres / wheels

[Benji]

Hi all.

Been lurking a while and done a search but cant seem to find a simple explanation of this...

let me put you in my situation...

I inherited a nice old road bike A Raleigh Granada. it's been upgraded by the previous owner.

recently the chain broke and the guy at the shop said I would replace all the drive-chain components.

I did this but overtightened and broke the freehub body.

I bought a new one and the tools to do it, but couldn't remove the freehub locking nut bit... the 10mm hex key was too small, so I got hold of a 12... too big.


so fudge it, maybe time to just get a new wheel... go to halfords. buy this http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_790209_langId_-1_categoryId_242554

the fudgers charged me £50 in the shop :/ anyway and I get home thinking atleast it's done.

nope

wheel seems a few MM wider and a fair bit heavier than the old one.

thats where I am.



Long story short, will the old 700x 23c tyre fit on the new 700 x (presumably)25c wheel?

should I take the heavy wheel back to halfords and get this?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-wh-r500-clincher-rear-wheel/

have I misunderstood the whole tyre/wheel relationship?

 

[festival]

Take it back and get the better wheel
As for tyre/rim compatibility, it depends on the tyre brand as the sizing can vary from make to make regardless of what the lable says.
Generally a 23 or 25 will fit the same rim

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

As above really. The Halfords wheel is intended for "hybrid" bikes and will have a mountain bike style 135mm width hub (rather than the 130mm for a road bike hub)and wider rims which almost certainly won't be suitable for tyres as narrow as 23 or 25.

The Shimano wheel looks the better bet and looking at the Q & A section for that item is stated to take between 18 and 25mm width tyres.