• DT Swiss 29'er disc rims claims a max pressure of 60psi. Now I am building these up, give them 120psi in a 23c tyre

    Broadly speaking, if you halve the tyre cross sectional diameter, you can double the pressure
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_stress#Thin-walled_assumption
    This probably breaks down when your tyre narrower than the rim, but it's close enough given the safety factors involved, as long as you don't mind explosions and death. Unhooking the tyre with lateral loads becomes less likely with higher pressure, as the tyre deforms less and the normal force between the tyre and the rim is higher, so there's more friction.

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