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measuring wheel rim width
I've taken my tire off to measure rim width (eg: as it relates to tire width
not wheel diameter). Is this supposed to be the "narrow" measurement between the flanges or the interior, wide area where the tire bead would be seated? FWIW, the narrow comes in at 17mm, the wide at about 19mm. Thanks, Chris |
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measuring wheel rim width
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:51:09 -0400, "C.J.Patten"
wrote: I've taken my tire off to measure rim width (eg: as it relates to tire width not wheel diameter). Is this supposed to be the "narrow" measurement between the flanges or the interior, wide area where the tire bead would be seated? FWIW, the narrow comes in at 17mm, the wide at about 19mm. FWIW, many years ago I came across a document from Mavic which had all their then current rim profiles diagrammed and dimensioned. No interior dimensions were listed. Instead they only had: 1)outside width, 2) width of braking area, and 3) section depth. I'm not sure this is indicative of the industry; but if it is, any rim width one comes across is the outside dimension. BTW, I just opened this document and it's dated 1997. :-) YAFWIW, I just recalled that Alex had rim section diagrams on their web site, and they have outside width and inside width (at the bead) diagrammed. So YMMV. Okay, so now I'm getting a bit obsessive, but since Peter Chisolm has been touting Velocity rims here lately I thought I'd check their web site. A cursory scan finds they have illustrations of their rim sections, but list NO dimensions. Boo! jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:34:38 GMT, I
wrote: Okay, so now I'm getting a bit obsessive, but since Peter Chisolm has been touting Velocity rims here lately I thought I'd check their web site. A cursory scan finds they have illustrations of their rim sections, but list NO dimensions. Boo! Before someone (Peter?) calls me on this, since I posted the above I went back to the Velocity web site and did some more digging. Turns out they have a quite good page with section diagrams of each of their rims, including ERD. However, as with the old Mavic data sheet I referenced, the only width given is the outside measurement. See: http://velocityusa.com/rim-diagrams.php jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 |
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John Everett writes:
Okay, so now I'm getting a bit obsessive, but since Peter Chisholm has been touting Velocity rims here lately I thought I'd check their web site. A cursory scan finds they have illustrations of their rim sections, but list NO dimensions. Boo! Before someone (Peter?) calls me on this, since I posted the above I went back to the Velocity web site and did some more digging. Turns out they have a quite good page with section diagrams of each of their rims, including ERD. However, as with the old Mavic data sheet I referenced, the only width given is the outside measurement. See: http://velocityusa.com/rim-diagrams.php Wow! What a compendium of wacko cross sections. That looks like a lot of gratuitous inventory of tooling and rims. Actually, some appear more than once in the chart, having different diameters. Just the same, the shapes defy justification in technical terms. Looks like fashion to me. Jobst Brandt |
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"John Everett" wrote in message
... On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:34:38 GMT, I wrote: Okay, so now I'm getting a bit obsessive, but since Peter Chisolm has been touting Velocity rims here lately I thought I'd check their web site. A cursory scan finds they have illustrations of their rim sections, but list NO dimensions. Boo! Before someone (Peter?) calls me on this, since I posted the above I went back to the Velocity web site and did some more digging. Turns out they have a quite good page with section diagrams of each of their rims, including ERD. However, as with the old Mavic data sheet I referenced, the only width given is the outside measurement. See: http://velocityusa.com/rim-diagrams.php jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 Hey John - thanks for that. On Sheldon's page: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire_sizing.html I found this in the section titled "The ISO (E.T.R.T.O.) System" "The ISO system uses two numbers; the first is the width of the tire or rim in millimeters (The actual tire width will vary a bit depending on the width of the rim. The rim width is measured between the flanges.)" ....which is why I thought the measurement was the inside of the rim. Maybe someone (Jobst? Sheldon?) would step forward and give us a definitive answer on what to measure. Cheers, Chris |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:54:08 GMT, John Everett
wrote: On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:34:38 GMT, I wrote: Okay, so now I'm getting a bit obsessive, but since Peter Chisolm has been touting Velocity rims here lately I thought I'd check their web site. A cursory scan finds they have illustrations of their rim sections, but list NO dimensions. Boo! Before someone (Peter?) calls me on this, since I posted the above I went back to the Velocity web site and did some more digging. Turns out they have a quite good page with section diagrams of each of their rims, including ERD. However, as with the old Mavic data sheet I referenced, the only width given is the outside measurement. See: http://velocityusa.com/rim-diagrams.php jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 Dear John, You're right--that's a good page of rim section diagrams. I'd never seen a rim quite like the flat-roof cinder-block style of the heavy-duty Glider and Twin Hollow rims. Thanks, Carl Fogel |
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John Everett wrote:
-snip- Okay, so now I'm getting a bit obsessive, but since Peter Chisolm has been touting Velocity rims here lately I thought I'd check their web site. A cursory scan finds they have illustrations of their rim sections, but list NO dimensions. Boo! How about these numbers from their catalog: http://www.yellowjersey.org/velspec.html -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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