Largest tire actually put on a Torker LX?

The 2005 DX frames are MUCH wider.The old ones barely fit a 2.3.

I had a 2.2" on my LX.

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forrestunifreak said:

*I had a 2.2" on my LX. *

Was it a smooth (road) tire or knobby? Did you use the same rim or did
you have to change that too?

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The rims fine. I think its the same rim on the DX.

It was a knobby wal-mart brand tire.

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That's what i was hoping to use. I saw a 24" Keneda (sp?) tire at
wal-mart. I like those tire's (they are whats on my mountain bike and
have held really well.

Thanks for the info..

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*Ithere's a thread that says a gazz will fit a DX but i dont know if
thats a wider frame or not, that also seems to be debated in the
threads.

*

yes that was a 2005 model (which do exist) as for the debate. its kinda
hard to debate the photos i posted in that thread dont you think?

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I have a 2.1" knobby Specialized tire on my 2004 24" Torker LX. I think
I could go bigger, but I haven't tried.

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The Lx has the same frame as the Dx(05) I have a 2.25 VERY nobby tire on
my Dx and it has so much clearance, I put hte frame around a 2.5 just to
see if it had the clearance, With ease.

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*The Lx has the same frame as the Dx(05)*

No, I dont think it is.

Im POSITIVE the 04 LX frame is smaller than the 04 and 05 DX frames.

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Ahh, the return of the great torker LX tire size debate.

My LX (I assume an 05, I bought it in 05 and it has the square crown)
fits a 2.1" schwinn stingray slick tire with ease- I'm looking at it now
and I see about another .15 of an inch between the top of the tire and
the frame. There is more clearance on the sides.

Now, I haven't searced this out, but I never thought about knobbies- is
the measurement of a tire always inclusive of the outer extent of the
knobs?

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mboulanger said:

*Ahh, the return of the great torker LX tire size debate. *

yeah it does get old. i thought when i made 'this thread'
(http://tinyurl.com/bkrvv) it would end but noooo, people just cant read
or belive the fact that a 24x3 fits in a DX/LX *2005* frame.

read the 'thread' (http://tinyurl.com/bkrvv) it contains all the
evidence.

and just in case your lazy and dont want to click the link, im attaching
a pic here for you and the countless other lemmings that go through the
search function and find more bad info than the real truth. ( pictured
is a Gazz 24x3 in a DX frame)

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My friend boaught an lx and the frame was pretty wide, He sold it
thoguh.

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Quoted message said:

( pictured is a Gazz 24x3 in a DX frame)

Ok, so now instead of a tire size debate, perhaps what we really need is
a torker frame size debate...

We know torker went from a round crown to a square crown on the LX
frame. Was that in 04? Is an 04 torker LX frame any different from an
05 LX frame? It seems that what needs to be compared is an 04 LX, 05 LX,
04 DX and 05 DX.

On my torker LX with the 2.1, there is no way I can get more than
another tenth of an inch of tire to fit the crown- it's pretty tight,
and the frame clearnce looks nothing like the phot of the Gazz on the DX
frame.

So, I think there is a reason this question keeps getting asked despite
multiple threads on the subject- the arguments and point keep passing
like ships in the night.

One suggestion I have right off the bat is that it would be really sweet
if uni.com carried a list of tires and proven frames that they fit on.

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I agree about the frame size thing. Is there a difference between the
04LX and 05LX frame size? I got my LX in April of 05 but i just checked
the receipt and it says its a 2004 LX. Is the 05 LX frame wider? Is it
the same frame? It seems undebatable that the DX frames are wider, so
for my purposes they are not relavent to the discussion.

I may take my uni to the local bike shop and just see what is the widest
knobby that will fit in the frame. I would take it to the wal-mart
where I saw the tire I want but I dont think they would let me sit in
there trying tires.. :P

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