I am concern that many people are not aware of the maximum pressure rating of the rim. They only
look at the max. tire pressure that is on the tire. I just had Mavic rims put on my tandem because I
was having problems with the FIR rims that came on my Santana tandem. The max presure of the Mavic
rim is 103 psi and I am running Continental Gator skin tires 700X28 which has a max tire pressure of
120 psi. I was wondering if there are other people running Mavic rims on there tandem at higher than
rating pressures?
On Fri, 30 May 2003 13:09:27 -0700, "Pete Grey" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>Not sure why that would be a problem?
>
>We used to run 80-85psi in our Panaracer Paselas, 700x32s, I think we got maybe 2-3 flats in 6-7
>years with that combo. These were on Campy deep-dish rims, 36 hole. We weigh-in about 310, and have
>ridden with credit-card touring loads many times.
>
>We're running similar pressure on our new tandem, 26in wheels, Mavic, 36 spoke again, same tires
>but 26x1.25s. One flat in the past year, about 1200mi on that bike.
>
>-pete
>
>"Bill Smith" <
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>
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>> Has anyone had any experience with Mavic rims on a tandem? What dia tires do you run and at what
>> pressures? I would like to put Mavic rims on my tandem but am concern with the maximum pressure
>> that they recommend (103 psi or 7 bars max) with 28 mm tires.
