Originally Posted by
roguex
To the best of my knowledge the rims on the 2021-2022 are 19.5mm inner width I could be wrong.
The 2022 ds3 has the Deore 10 speed groupset which is a mountain bike groupset. I am mainly going to use it for commuting on some pretty badly maintained paths and gravel/grass/nature strips. Biggest jump would be off the kerb on the side of the road. I might also convert it to an ebike down the track
The Deore 10speed in indeed sold as a MTB groupset, but there is a 40T chainring in front and the DS has 40mm gravel tires. My point was that a 40T chainring coupled with a 11/46 cassette with 40mm tires is functionally closer to gravel bikes (where 1x bikes have 40T chainrings with 11/42 cassettes) than MTBs. A typical MTB with the M5120 would have a 30T/32T chain ring, and probably 2.25in tires. So, yes, you can fit larger tires but the extra friction may defeat the purpose of the 40T chainring. If you want to take advantage of this 40T chainring — which the force of the DS, my experience is that big tires are not the best compromise. But as usual, the compromise depends on where you place the cursors. The DS is quite versatile in this regard.