Just finished researching bicycle tires and I'm
now totally confused. I need to get some new
clincher tires for my road touring bicycle, with
presta valves.
The rims are Mavic MA 2. The outside diameter of
the rim is 25" or 635mm. The distance between the
rim edges inside is 14mm.
The tires that are on there right now are
Michellin HI-LITE Supercomp H.D. 700x23 C. They
are starting to look aged and have a couple
thousand miles on them.
While it would be easy to just get the same size
tire I instead would like to get something a
little wider, because I have difficulty on gravel.
My research indicates I could use a 23 or 25 mm
width tire, so I'd like to use the 25mm.
All the other numbers have me confused.
Can anyone tell what size of tire to get? And any
specific tire recommendations would also be welcome.
Thanks for your help.