Road tires on 29er rims

Posted At : July 25, 2013 11:55 AM | Posted By : Erik Voldengen
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Can you run road tires on a 29er wheel?  

I have a couple sets of Stan's ZTR 355 29er wheels that I use for Cyclocross.   Those rims have a maximum PSI that always kept me from running road tires on them during the off-season.

Then I started thinking...that can't be right.  So I did some math to calculate the pressure on the rim based on tire size.  Below is a list of tire sizes and inflation pressure, all put the same amount of tension pressure on the rim:

 

 

 

Tire Width

Pressure
2.1" (MTB) 50psi
23c 116psi
25c 107psi
28c 95psi
32c 83psi
34c 78psi

 

So yes, you can run road tires on a 29er rim.   Obviously, you wouldn't run 700x21 or probably even 700x23 tires on fat rims.   IMO 25c or 28c tires should be fine.

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# Posted By reggh | 11/3/17 5:51 AM
Thank you for useful information. It's sometimes really hard to find proper tires on your rims. As a auto owner I know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I even regret that I ride an auto. I even think to change an auto with bicycle. But then I remember there are tires too!))
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