Of all the components that can affect the character of a bike wheels arguably have the best ability to make or break the way a bike rides.
Wider road bike rims.
Whereas 17c stock wheel rims typically have an outside width of 21 23mm wide across their brake tracks 19c stock wheel rims typically run 25 27mm outside widths.
The best road bike wheels can all but transform your.
The ctc recommends the ideal relationship between a rim and tyre as being about 1 8 times.
Wider rims and wider tyres gives better cornering.
As this road disc bike category is only a few years old bike companies have made their frames wide enough to fit and deliver the benefits of these and even wider wheels and tires.
On a wider rim tyre combo getting to bike over on an angle to corner fast is a more natural dynamic affair supported by more rubber on the road on a tyre that has a very constant u shape.
While you could fit any width tyre to any width rim it s best to find a suitable width rim to match the tyre width.