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24 or 26s on Roval CLX64s

Nov 20, 19 19:53

Hey guys -

Picking up my new Venge Pro today. Upgraded wheels to CLX64s and will pair them with Turbo Cottons / latex tubes.

Wanted to ask what the consensus is on the best tire width with them. I recall reading that they were designed around 26s, but on a couple of threads here, people have recommended 24s.

Thoughts?

TIA!

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Re: 24 or 26s on Roval CLX64s [guadzilla] [ In reply to ]

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RowToTri

Nov 20, 19 20:51

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guadzilla wrote:

Whichever ones satisfy the 105% rule. That is that the wheel near the rim is at least 105% of the width of the tire. In a gp5000, that's a 23c where the tire measures 26mm. The rim is 27.5mm

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Thomas Gerlach

Nov 20, 19 21:45

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26s will be really wide on those rims as the rims are already really wide. If you are asking for performance I would probably go with a 24 up front and maybe a 26 on back. If you don't care about performance (speed) then I would go with 26 on both.

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guadzilla

Nov 20, 19 22:19

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Thomas Gerlach wrote:

Buying this bike purely for speed, as i have a Lynskey for slow long days.

I found the Spesh page on the CLX64s says that they were designed around 24s, so that reinforces what you said.

24s it is, then.

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Thomas Gerlach

Nov 23, 19 9:27

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guadzilla wrote:

Thomas Gerlach wrote:

Yep, I would say 24s then, they will already feel like 26s on regular rims.