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john4130:
just bought a set of cult dehart tyres 2.1" tanwalls to go on my s&m l.a.f, the rear tyre rubs the brake arms and the front tyre rubs the brake cable. never had a problem before with 2.1 tyres clearance so tried a new set of primo v monsters in the same size and their fine with plenty clearance. measured the cult tyres fully inflated on a wheel and the diameter is 20.5", anyone else had this problem. think i'm gonna stick with primo's from now on.

ED209:

--- Quote from: john4130 on March 18, 2014, 09:53 PM ---just bought a set of cult dehart tyres 2.1" tanwalls to go on my s&m l.a.f, the rear tyre rubs the brake arms and the front tyre rubs the brake cable. never had a problem before with 2.1 tyres clearance so tried a new set of primo v monsters in the same size and their fine with plenty clearance. measured the cult tyres fully inflated on a wheel and the diameter is 20.5", anyone else had this problem. think i'm gonna stick with primo's from now on.

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I just bought some of those cheap from CRC... £15 a tyre

I got 2.25 for the front and 2.1 for the rear ... hope they will be ok  :-\

running 1.95 / 2.1 Primos at the mo

john4130:
you may be ok on the rear depending on what frame you have and where the brake lugs are welded, the brake lugs on the s&m are welded nearer the tyre side on the seatstays instead of central. think you'll have problems with the front though if you use a canti brake on it. i've just cut a slot on a spare pair of forks from the hole on the rear (the hole to fit a caliper brake) to see if that helps a bit. i may even file down the inside of the brake for the rear and see if that works.

Dannywhac:
Thought I'd posted in 'ere earlier but must have nearly got caught out at work so closed the window....

Tbh they seem to vary a bit dependant on tyre manufacturer - me Steadfast has enough room at the back (it's a CS though) to run a 2.2, but I had to grind down the inside bulge a bit on me brake arms. Shaved a mm off to allow for a bit of tyre wobble/elderly fat b@stard landing heavy buldge and jobs a good'n.

I've got a 2.3 up front, with Sunday forks - looking at it it'd still let me run a front brake with no cable rub (although knackers to that  :LolLolLolLol: ).

Originally had the rear slammed on my Eddie (and the CS) but changed chain from an Oddy to an Eclat with a half link. The half link crapped out on me twice on the Eclat, so gone back to normal links and budged the rear out a bit. Saying that the noise it gave me before breaking as it gently ground into my rear hub gave me plenty of warning.

ED209:
fukking big motorbike tyres I hate them... makes the bike feel all wrong.

But Len has told me to stick with them so I listen as he is the don.

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