2016 Trek Domane 4 Disc Tire Options
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2016 Trek Domane 4 Disc Tire Options
I have a 2016 Domane 4 disc. It came with 25mm road tires. I sometimes ride on packed gravel rails to trails and would like to figure out if I can swap in more appropriate tires. I asked the local trek store and they didn't really seem to know if it would take 28's. Seems weird that trek doesn't publish specs. The guys at the shop didn't give me much confidence they knew what they were talking about.
Or maybe there is an option staying at 25mm which would be better on mixed surfaces???
Anyone have experience with wider tires on this bike. I'm fairly new to the whole nice bike area so if I need to provide more info about the current setup, let me know.
Or maybe there is an option staying at 25mm which would be better on mixed surfaces???
Anyone have experience with wider tires on this bike. I'm fairly new to the whole nice bike area so if I need to provide more info about the current setup, let me know.
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A friend has that bike and I put some 28mm tires on it for him, and I seem to remember that was fine. If you are on gravel, find the widest tire that will fit. You can measure the clearance distance in every direction to potential tight places (current tire to stays, brake bridges, fork crown, etc) using allen wrenches as calibrated spacers.
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A friend has that bike and I put some 28mm tires on it for him, and I seem to remember that was fine. If you are on gravel, find the widest tire that will fit. You can measure the clearance distance in every direction to potential tight places (current tire to stays, brake bridges, fork crown, etc) using allen wrenches as calibrated spacers.
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(. . .the 28 mm Chinook Pass is terrific gateway rubber. Try them, love them, you can thank me later.)
I am using these tire right now and I really like them. They are supple tires so they are comfortable but that comes at a cost of durability.
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I have a 2016 Domane 4 disc. It came with 25mm road tires. I sometimes ride on packed gravel rails to trails and would like to figure out if I can swap in more appropriate tires. I asked the local trek store and they didn't really seem to know if it would take 28's. Seems weird that trek doesn't publish specs. The guys at the shop didn't give me much confidence they knew what they were talking about.
Or maybe there is an option staying at 25mm which would be better on mixed surfaces???
Anyone have experience with wider tires on this bike. I'm fairly new to the whole nice bike area so if I need to provide more info about the current setup, let me know.
Or maybe there is an option staying at 25mm which would be better on mixed surfaces???
Anyone have experience with wider tires on this bike. I'm fairly new to the whole nice bike area so if I need to provide more info about the current setup, let me know.
The one advantage of disks is that you don't wear out wheels like rim breaks. But that doesn't make you immune to cracking around the spokes or spoke breakage If you have deep carbon rims you're pretty safe from the rim breaking but if you're carrying fairly a shallow wheels like gravel wheels, carbon wheels can break from disk brake pressures. Remember that disk brakes put loads in the wrong places on a bicycle structure. Bikes like the Domane can strengthen the regions that are worst stressed by the disk braking but they don't make the spokes stronger.
Last edited by RiceAWay; 08-02-20 at 12:07 PM.
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I have a 2016 Domane 4 disc. It came with 25mm road tires. I sometimes ride on packed gravel rails to trails and would like to figure out if I can swap in more appropriate tires. I asked the local trek store and they didn't really seem to know if it would take 28's. Seems weird that trek doesn't publish specs. The guys at the shop didn't give me much confidence they knew what they were talking about.
Or maybe there is an option staying at 25mm which would be better on mixed surfaces???
Anyone have experience with wider tires on this bike. I'm fairly new to the whole nice bike area so if I need to provide more info about the current setup, let me know.
Or maybe there is an option staying at 25mm which would be better on mixed surfaces???
Anyone have experience with wider tires on this bike. I'm fairly new to the whole nice bike area so if I need to provide more info about the current setup, let me know.