Tyre / tire size

Bumpity. I have a pair of WTB Road rims, with 21mm inner width. I would like to put tires on these rims. The tires will be 23mm Gatorskins. Am I good with this?

Those are touring rims and won't take 23s. A more suitable tyre would be the Vittoria Randonneur.

There's plenty of info here http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire_sizing.html

Bumpity. I have a pair of WTB Road rims, with 21mm inner width. I would like to put tires on these rims. The tires will be 23mm Gatorskins. Am I good with this?

With 21mm wide rims I'd go 28mm minimum.

Those are touring rims and won't take 23s. A more suitable tyre would be the Vittoria Randonneur.

There's plenty of info here http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire_sizing.html

width chart gives 32mm minimum.

So before long im looking at getting a new 700c wheelset for my first road bike but im unsure on what width of tyrers i can put on? i suppose in part it epends on the size of the wheel? But i was thinking of getting the nice and slim tyres alot of the more high end road bikes have, i take it these are 20/23c?
Cheers

No.

dont be a cock

Rofl.

No.

Double No.

You are the cock for being so lazy and unwilling to make the barest modicum of effort to search for basic information.

Cock.

i have searched, and am new to the forum. little bit of a point in the right direction would be good

23c 700c is perfect

...for a roadbike

So before long im looking at getting a new 700c wheelset for my first road bike but im unsure on what width of tyrers i can put on?

700 x 18
700 x 19
700 x 20
700 x 23
700 x 24
700 x 25
700 x 28
700 x 32
700 x 35
700 x 38
700 x etc

In bold is the sweet spot - take your pick
Size is dependant on the size of your frame and forks.

Okay then,cheers.

I've been using 700c x 20 mm and it was even perfecter for a road bike.
On my fixeh I had 24mm. On the other also 28mm on the back. 35mm in the winter, but it was slow. I also had 23mm, which was also perfect. And 19mm tubulars, which was also goo.
So no.

It depends what roads your gonna be riding on and your weight. Most road rims will take 19-28mm tyres easily. wider tyres will give a more comfortable ride but that also depends on how much air you put in. For comfort go to min psi, for max speed go to max psi(not always the case as a hard tyre on a bumpy road wont roll as well then at a lower pressure)
if you want 23mm but with good puncture resistance and light, expect to pay £25+ per tyre.

Still no though.

Cock.

-smiley-

i see ive alot to learn here yet..

Ye, it takes years(sometimes even a few months) to become a know it all, the elitist attitude comes with practice, find someone with less knowledge to pratice on

what's the widest tyre I can get for my 700c rims and can you recommend a good grippy winter one?

thanks guys.

Knowing the width of your current rims will have a great bearing on the answer.
Table here
http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

fyi I can get 35c's on deep v's which iirc are 19mm wide

I run 35mm tyres (Schwalbe Winter Marathons) on 13mm rims. I've done a LOT of miles and only had one issue: my rear tyre blew out once, I don't know for sure what caused it, but I think it was the inner tube getting caught under the bead of the tyre during assembly, rather than the rim width being way less than recommended. Since then, I've always taken care to ensure the inner tube is pushed up into the tyre as much as possible during assembly and I also pull the beading back and inspect all the way around to make sure there's no inner tube poking out.