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Title: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: kerolah on November 20, 2024, 10:23:59 AM
I'm looking for 30mm external width rim brake wheels. Do they exist? Or because 30mm tyres have problems on most brake calipers and frames no one makes the?

The widest I can find in elite drives and a discontinued ar56 bby lightbicycle.

I have a newer gen rim brake giant TCR and want to fit 30mm wheels and tyres on it.
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: kerolah on December 22, 2024, 02:36:58 AM
 :) I guess not elite drive are the widest i can find.
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: Sebastian on December 22, 2024, 03:00:35 AM
I think Lightbicycle do some. At least they did.

Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: tenet3 on December 22, 2024, 03:58:31 AM
I was looking for 30 external as well albeit disc variant and ended up with farsports hyper series. not sure if they do a rim brake version but maybe give them a shout
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: Matter on December 22, 2024, 10:08:19 PM
What is the rim height you need? We have a rim brake wheelset with a height of 50mm and an outer width of 29.3mm. If you are interested, you can contact me through WhatsApp
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: kerolah on January 19, 2025, 07:14:37 PM
MAtter, i assume this is the Tagoola DAO classic.

Good price and good width but the weight is just too much for me. Im looking for a lighter set.

Kyle.

Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: Matter on January 19, 2025, 08:52:09 PM
I added your WhatsApp, we can provide configuration upgrade, the weight can be reduced to about 1477g
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: cak on January 24, 2025, 02:11:16 PM
Little late, but maybe this will help someone. All modern short reach rim brake calipers max out at 23-25mm rim width. Mostly at 23. So you might possibly be able to run a 30mm wide tire with your particular frame and caliper but getting effective braking (assuming they can fit at all) with a 30mm rim will be problematic.
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: BalticSea on January 24, 2025, 06:55:39 PM
Little late, but maybe this will help someone. All modern short reach rim brake calipers max out at 23-25mm rim width. Mostly at 23. So you might possibly be able to run a 30mm wide tire with your particular frame and caliper but getting effective braking (assuming they can fit at all) with a 30mm rim will be problematic.

In that case how are people running Zipp 303 (26.4mm), Winspace (~28mm) rim brake wheels? Older generation brakes indeed maxed out at 25mm, but most recent rim brakes do accept 28mm wheels
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: Sebastian on January 24, 2025, 10:39:22 PM
I got direct mount rim brakes from Campy. My wheels measure 29.2 at the brake track. Works easily. I used them with standard Chorus calipers, Bontrager brakes and Ultegra calipers before. In fact, my current brakes would probably accept even more.
Title: Re: Do 30mm external light rim brake wheels exist?
Post by: Da11as on January 25, 2025, 05:36:03 AM
Little late, but maybe this will help someone. All modern short reach rim brake calipers max out at 23-25mm rim width. Mostly at 23. So you might possibly be able to run a 30mm wide tire with your particular frame and caliper but getting effective braking (assuming they can fit at all) with a 30mm rim will be problematic.
Not really the case. I had gen 2 Sram Red calipers with 29 rim width and 28 mm tires. They can easily fit 31-33 external width and 30 mm tire.