I like wide rims (and I cannot lie). I may not be jumpy but I am cornery, and I have always noticed tire squirm and flex. Wider rims, for a given tire at a given pressure, seem to support tire sidewalls a little better. Maybe I am feeling a placebo effect, but my experience has been that rim width alone changes tire squirm characteristics enough for it to be noticeable. Wider rims also square off a tire profile a bit more. With some tires, that can be a welcome profile shift. On other tires, that may make them feel weird.
April 17, 2023, 1:25 p.m. - Mike Ferrentino
I like wide rims (and I cannot lie). I may not be jumpy but I am cornery, and I have always noticed tire squirm and flex. Wider rims, for a given tire at a given pressure, seem to support tire sidewalls a little better. Maybe I am feeling a placebo effect, but my experience has been that rim width alone changes tire squirm characteristics enough for it to be noticeable. Wider rims also square off a tire profile a bit more. With some tires, that can be a welcome profile shift. On other tires, that may make them feel weird.