Max Tire width for a Yo?

[kevin881]

I am looking to put some slick urban tires on my Yo for the kind of riding I do nowadays... anyone have any idea how much width is too much for a Yo?

 

[Yo Eddy!]

Too much? Nothing

The Yo was designed with extreme wide tyres in mind. It was even one of the special features of the Yo design.

 

[kevin881]

Too much? Nothing

The Yo was designed with extreme wide tyres in mind. It was even one of the special features of the Yo design.

Thats what I remember... but extremely wide tires back THEN are not extremely wide tires now... I remember my panaracer smokes were like 1.9 or something?

I ordered some 2.5 wide maxxis hookworms and some 2.2 wide maxxis holy rollers.

I got my drive train on the repainted Yo yesterday
Next week I finish it off.

 

[Yo Eddy!]

Kevin,

See pics & description =>

2.5?? No problem

 

[kevin881]

Holy cow... thats awesome Melvin! You are like the "archives" for Fat Chance articles. Thanks a bunch.

 

[MikeyNYC]

Thats what I remember... but extremely wide tires back THEN are not extremely wide tires now... I remember my panaracer smokes were like 1.9 or something?

I ordered some 2.5 wide maxxis hookworms and some 2.2 wide maxxis holy rollers.

I got my drive train on the repainted Yo yesterday
Next week I finish it off.

Hey kevin881,

Let us know how the Hookworm 2.5" tires work on the Yo, I really love those tires and would want to try them on my Ti Fat Chance as I only ride that bike on pavement these days...

Thanks,

Michael-NYC

 

[kevin881]

will do for sure mikey.
with any luck at all I will post photos of the buildup within the next 2 weeks or so.

 

[MikeyNYC]

will do for sure mikey.
with any luck at all I will post photos of the buildup within the next 2 weeks or so.

Thanks!