Anyone run 700x50 tires on a Sam Hillborne?

[Brenton Eastman]

I am running 700x47 teravails on velocity dyad hoops with a ton of room. I've seen people running the 700x48 Rene Herse knobbies on my same frame. Mine is a 57 and the brakes have more clearance than the frame. So I'm tempted by the Soma Cazadero and or Gravelking SK in a 50. Anyone flown this close to the sun?!?

[J]

700x50 Gravelkings rubbed, but just barely, on my old size 60 Waterford built Sam H. 48 were the best I could do.

[Garth]

Well you're only about the 5000th person to ask this over the years ...... and as always the answer is the same ..... "well do ya' feel lucky today ?"  Some people are okay with a couple of mm's clearance, most are not.

Just ask yourself, what are you really gaining, is a few mm's really going to make a notable difference ?  Where does this irrational urge to max out tires come from anyways ? You might at first, then you'll quickly forget about that tire too, and you're right back to where you started, just riding along !  Frankly, tires of themselves don't make as much difference as imagined and promised to do.  I understand . The urge to defend our choices is often irresistible.

[Joe Bernard]

You may want to ask yourself why you care if a person with a bicycle wants the biggest possible tires on said bicycle. Your "irrational" may be another person's "perfectly rational", such are the vagaries of life. HAHA!!!

[James Warren]

Hi Brenton,

Big Ben 50s are the absolute limit of what fits on my 62 cm Hillborne. Bike rides great with them!

You might be able to go to the Riv site and see the actual width of those tires as read on calipers. I’ll bet it’s something under 50 mm.

- Jimmy

On Aug 21, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Brenton Eastman <brenton...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running 700x47 teravails on velocity dyad hoops with a ton of room. I've seen people running the 700x48 Rene Herse knobbies on my same frame. Mine is a 57 and the brakes have more clearance than the frame. So I'm tempted by the Soma Cazadero and or Gravelking SK in a 50. Anyone flown this close to the sun?!?

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[Brian Forsee]

If your 47c setup has a ton of room the 50c setup should fit. Disclaimer: I do not own a Sam. 

Give it a shot. Tires are not terribly expensive and unlike Garth, I believe tires make a huge contribution to how a bike feels and handles. The combination of varying width, tread pattern, and tire construction can change the feel of a bike immensely imo.

-Brian 

[lconley]

Yes, as a single speed with White ENO eccentric RH.

Laing

On Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 6:44:57 PM UTC-4 brenton...@gmail.com wrote:

[Pancake]

On my 56cm Sam I rode 700x50mm Schwabel G-One Allround tires (VO Voyager rims which are slightly wider than Atlas rims) - no problems. But I wouldn’t have ridden any wider tires. 2mm+ gap between tires and frame. But I was just as happy riding 44mm Snoqualme pass tires before that.