Tire fitting?

[foodraverbp]

Hey all,

Im new to cycling and bought an old 90's Trek I found on craigslist. The weeks are 700c, I'm wondering if it's okay to put wider tires on these basic wheels. currently I'm running 700x23 but I want something with a bit more grip for gravel riding. If I upgrade to a 700x32 or so, would it fit okay?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

It depends on the width of your wheel rims. Have a look at this page, and you may have a better idea of whether the 32mm tyres will fit :
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

 

[gavroche]

By the way, it is "tyre" as we are in Britain here, where we spell properly, not USA.

 

[the_mikey]

Hey all,

Im new to cycling and bought an old 90's Trek I found on craigslist. The weeks are 700c, I'm wondering if it's okay to put wider tires on these basic wheels. currently I'm running 700x23 but I want something with a bit more grip for gravel riding. If I upgrade to a 700x32 or so, would it fit okay?

Thanks for the help!

I don't know the bike, but you'll need to make sure there is clearance under the brakes and forks/frame for wider tyres. Try 700x28c.

 

[Tim Hall]

By the way, it is "tyre" as we are in Britain here, where we spell properly, not USA.

But the OP is in Illinois.

Anyhoo, you might need the check if there's enough clearance on the frame for the wider tyre/tire to fit too. Whichmodekl

 

[Cycleops]

You don't mention the model but if it's a road bike, which I suspect, you will probably not be able to go bigger than 28c, and that may be tight. Anyway even if you were able to go much wider you wouldn't get much more grip on gravel.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

You may also have issues with frame clearance if you go to wide

 

[Pale Rider]

For gravel you need something with some tread.

These are available in 30c:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...gclid=CN32rOfB2r0CFdShtAodqDUAkw&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[foodraverbp]

Thanks for all of the help. I'll have to take a closer look to see how much more width my brakes can handle before I just jump into getting new TYRES that may not fit.

 

[Pale Rider]

[QUOTE 3023840, member: 9609"]Is that corrct - at least for bigger stuff, no tread works better on sand and gravel; sand has lots of friction and is easy to move, mud has no friction but is difficult to move, big tread on sand just digs holes.[/QUOTE]

Sheldon likes a bit of tread on sand, gravel, mud etc:

http://sheldonbrown.com/tyres.html