Mountain bike tire size and width.
Mountain bike tire width sizes.
Some special tires can even be wider up to 3 inches with some models.
This varies from 1 6 to 2 5 inches.
Tires come in three diameters.
Trail and all mountain bikes will have tires in the 2 25 to 2 4 width range.
Once you ve identified your tire diameter 29 27 5 or 26 you ll want to dial in your width.
The sizes you commonly see for mountain bike wheels like 26in 27 5in and 29in all refer to the outside diameter of the wheel with the tire fully inflated.
2 2 and 27 5 indicate a tire that has a width of 2 2 and an outer diameter of 27 5.
Typical mountain bike tire.
Tires are also measured in width.
These sizes can be thought of as a sort of shorthand for decimal sizes each with a corresponding iso measurement.
26 inches 27 5 inches and 29 inches.