Université de Fribourg

Influence of wheel rim width on rolling resistance and off-road speed in cross-country mountain biking

Maier, Thomas ; Müller, Beat ; Allemann, Remo ; Steiner, Thomas ; Wehrlin, Jon Peter

In: Journal of Sports Sciences, 2019, vol. 37, no. 7, p. 833–838

The rim width of cross-country mountain bike wheel sets has increased in recent years, but the effect of this increase on performance remains unknown. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of rim width on rolling resistance and off-road speed. We compared 3 tubeless wheel sets: 25 mm inner width as baseline, 30 mm width with the same tyre stiffness, and 30 mm width with the same...