200mm tire question

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06-05-2017, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by HKMark23

Tolerances are one thing but could Avon have really made fundamental changes to a tire model without changing its model ID in some way ? I'm asking because I'd like to know. I, like many others, run an outsized rear tire on my Breakout and would look askance at the current possibility of buying an Avon 250 if this were the case.

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rosshog talks of changing his tyre a few years ago, but the Cobra hasn't been out very long, so I suspect his previous tyre was actually a Venom and the replacement is a Cobra. While the Cobra is a direct replacement it is a new design of tyre, hence may not be identical in fitted width.

Whatever brand we buy when fitting over-sized tyres we run the same risk! It would be an interesting excercise to try the same size tyre from the leading brands on the same wheel rim, to measure the variations across them. The Cobra 250 is described as being 251mm wide - reasonably close!

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