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I always liked to have some tire casing bulge beyond the rim. Anotherwords the tire being wider then the rim. I do like 25-28mm tires on my light weight bikes and run mavis Open Sports on then too. Remember that with a wider rim the tire will "size up" as being a little bit wider then the labled size, IF the lable was 'right" when on a narrower rim. Also check the brake caliper's pad width WRT the rim's width. Some "racing" rakes of onle a few years ago really don't like rims with an outside width of around 25mm or wider. Andy.