[kidwoo]

Sorry Mavic, your (less) narrow rims still fail.

http://nsmb.com/ibis-wide-rims-ride-review/

I have not tried the Ibis version yet, but I have ridden a fat bike rim laced to a normal bike. It was heavy, but the ride was amazing. 20 psi and made a trail bike stick like a DH bike.

So rims that are tough as shlt lose to rims you've never ridden that are 1mm wider.........

Okay you're probably talking about other ones

You think you really WANT a 35mm trail rim? I'm sure the grip is rad, but that's gotta make the bike roll a lot slower having that much more of the middle strip of the tire in constant contact with the ground.

 

[norbar]

So rims that are tough as shlt lose to rims you've never ridden that are 1mm wider.........

Okay you're probably talking about other ones

You think you really WANT a 35mm trail rim? I'm sure the grip is rad, but that's gotta make the bike roll a lot slower having that much more of the middle strip of the tire in constant contact with the ground.

I never got that fad. I run stans front, 823s back and I have no problems. A lot of the top pros run narrow rims and still do great but apparently wide rims are the new gearbox? Everyone wants one , almost no one had one.

 

[marshalolson]

You think you really WANT a 35mm trail rim? I'm sure the grip is rad, but that's gotta make the bike roll a lot slower having that much more of the middle strip of the tire in constant contact with the ground.

Been riding i29 rims all spring on my trail bike. They are fast as sh*t. If you keep the psi the same as a skinny rim, the contact patch is a little wider but it's also a little shorter.

With a channelled tire and adult psi (30+), I am not hitting cornering knobs while rolling on hardpack, regardless.

The Tire's displacement surface area is the same with fixed psi and rider weight.... So With wider rims, you get the same climbing traction, better cornering performance, and LESS rolling resistance -- since you have 1 less knob length-wise in the dirt.

Try it, sh*t works.

 

[kidwoo]

Try it, sh*t works.

I totally would but mavic doesn't make wide rims

Are those i29s the scandium deals?

 

[Bikael Molton]

so do we like these rims or not?

 

[slyfink]

Been riding i29 rims all spring on my trail bike.

are those proto? All I see here are i19 to i25...

I'd be curious how an i29 rides...

 

[marshalolson]

I totally would but mavic doesn't make wide rims

Are those i29s the scandium deals?

ha, fair enough! running american classic wide lightening aluminum rims actually. pretty legit rim @ 400g. not the stiffest, but way stiffer than you would think since the rim profile adds so much... but plenty of the sidewalk trails round'here.

 

[slyfink]

I totally would but mavic doesn't make wide rims

Are those i29s the scandium deals?

ha, fair enough! running american classic wide lightening aluminum rims actually. pretty legit rim @ 400g. not the stiffest, but way stiffer than you would think since the rim profile adds so much... but plenty of the sidewalk trails round'here.

gah. they also don't make just a rim, nor a 26" rim in that width.

I think the WTB 26" i25 will be my next rim... if I had unlimited funds, I'd like to try the i25, Flow EX and these 821 rims back to back.

 

[Samoto]

what it could be? a new rim from dtswiss. btw i dont believe on wide rim hype!

 

[norbar]

Not really excited given the quality of their rims. I'd much rather test a 2014 Dartmoor Revolt.

 

[Samoto]

yeah it would be another alternative. i like the rear hub from Dartmoor too.