29" Thunder Burt; rims, width (Toyo Atlantis & Tires Part 2)

[ant ritchey]

Hello everyone!

I believe there are a handful of you here who run the 700c // 29" Schwalbe Thunder Burts. 

Hoping to get some info on rim usage and actual tire width. I've been running 700 X 50mm Schwalbe Duremes on Velocity Dyads & SKS fenders with no problems for years now. It's summer now and the Atlantis is getting a makeover; fender removal, Paul levers & cantis from the parts bin, M900/950 XTR mechs & Suntour XC thumbshifters from ebay...most excitingly some Wavie bars John Bennett was kind enough to special order for me.

For a short period I ran a pair of 54mm Kenda Small Block 8's but the clearance was just too tight; I tend to stand up and pedal hard out of the saddle often and the frame-flex-knobbies-rub made me switch back. I no longer have these tires and don't remember what the actual width was on the Dyads. Verrrry tempted to drop the cash on some T Burts but would like to have a solid notion that they'll fit before plunking down more dough on the makeover.

Any and all info greatly appreciated!

[Deacon Patrick]

50-52mm actual TB liteskin on NoBS rims (Atlas equivalent).

With abandon,
Patrick

[ant ritchey]

wow.

just fit a hand-me-down set of conti race king 2.2 (on dyads) in there!

clearance is tight, but it works!