What's the Widest and Narrowest you've had?

[gb155]

700*23mm

and

26*2.2

 

[smokeysmoo]

700 x 23 & 26 x 2.4

 

[fossyant]

700 x 18mm narrowest - Tubs on an 18 mm Wolber Profil TT Rim (for TT's)

700m x 23 widest (that's what I use now)

26 - then its 1.2 City tyres or 2.0 knobblies

 

[davehann]

seen one of those surley pugsley bikes a few weeks ago.
fat tyres!!!

 

[Sharky]

20mm Supersonic were on my TT bike, but have now gone up to 23mm.

23mm or 25mm on my regular good weather bikes.

28mm on my winter bikes

 

[MontyVeda]

2.35" slicks (Schwalbe Big Apple). I love 'em. They're comfy, offer plenty of traction, roll well and are much quicker than nobbly tyres... but after about 8 years, the sidewalls are starting to go so have just ordered a replacement pair today

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Widest 2.1” and narrowest 23mm, currently run 32mm which goes up to 40mm in winter.

 

[GuyBoden]

I'm sure 18mm was common on club bikes in the 1980's, my old Ron Spencer racer had 18mm.

I have:

23mm on the track bike, frame won't take any wider.

25mm on summer bike, frame won't take any wider.

28mm on Wife's bike.

35mm on the winter/tourer bike.

 

[fossyant]

20C was the norm in the 80's.

 

[GuyBoden]

20C was the norm in the 80's.

I'm sure I had 18mm, I'll have to check with some old records.

My uncle was a three times National Champs medalist, so he would have advised me.

 

[fossyant]

I'm sure I had 18mm, I'll have to check with some old records.

My uncle was a three times National Champs medalist, so he would have advised me.

We all ran 19 or 20c clinchers. The 18mm Wolbers were very fast at 130 PSI but race only.... 18mm might have been early 80's for tubs

We had 20c for years for general use well into the oo's

 

[GuyBoden]

We all ran 19 or 20c clinchers. The 18mm Wolbers were very fast at 130 PSI but race only.... 18mm might have been early 80's for tubs

We had 20c for years for general use well into the oo's

I definitely had 18mm.

My 1980's Ron Spencer bike was a custom built racer.

 

[fossyant]

I definitely had 18mm.

You possibly are right !

I know some tyres I could see the rim, others not. I'm still riding one of the bikes as i was 100% from about 1990 - and that's run race and normal wheels. The other bike is a mix of survivals from 1986 to early 90's (on third frame - crash damage).

Oh yes - just came to me.... Spesh had some super fast clinchers - I had them for racing for a bit before going tubular. The best were the tubular tyres as they ran faster than clinchers then.. Spesh Turbo's were the ones ?

Memory jog there @GuyBoden - you were right ! Spesh tyres...

 

[Venod]

18mm narrowist probably 1980s.

2.4" on MTB widest.

 

[DCBassman]

559-50s on the Trek 800 when I had it. Still have the tyres! 700x23 on the Scott, which is now at max at 25s.