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Front cycle wing clearance
Is there a minimum distance between the front cycle wings and the tyres or is it just down to the individual builder?
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No legal requirements I know of. However, a couple of observations. There is a significant variation in diameters of tyres with the same nominal size. Here are two 195/50R15 tyres:
Also, 195/50R15 and 195/55R15 are both acceptable with the Sierra speedometer and drivetrain, the speed difference is only about 3%, but the diameter is different by about a centimetre. In other words, I would leave an inch or so if I were making new wing stays.
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As far as I know there is no minimum requirement for tyre and arch clearance. How ever some thing to consider is a tyre that is static as in not moving stays flat across it's width, but a tyre that is only running 18-22 psi doing 70mph+ will bulge with centrifugal force making it maybe 10-15mm bigger in the centre. A tyre with low pressure will also have more flex in the side walls, so in short don't make your cycle wings to tight to the tyres.
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Brilliant, cheers guys
russ |
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i ran some 25mm tube lengths off the top of a set of brand new tyres then used thease as a guide to mount the cycle wings.
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Cheers, I was thinking along the same lines
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