I want to put a fatter tire on this 3G springer. If the fork spacing is equal to the tire size (4") will it fit with a little air pressure adjustment? Has anyone successfully fitted equally spaced parts like this?
Will a 20x4 Tire fit a 3G springer?
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What size rim (width) are you intending to put the tire on?
What size rim (width) are you intending to put the tire on?
Whatever it needs. Suggestion?
Don’t have a suggestion but the implication is that rim width affects tire width as well as outer profile. More pinch/less pinch
We have some 3.5 and up experts around here that can weigh in
I don't know if you are going to be able to pinch a 20x4 thin enough to make it fit that fork.
I don't remember if I show any photos of tire clearance, but here is a link to my Poke Choppa build from 2016 where I used a 24x3 Fatti-O tire with a 3G fork like that.
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/mbbo-5-class-2-poke-choppa-finished.100208/
I don't remember if I show any photos of tire clearance, but here is a link to my Poke Choppa build from 2016 where I used a 24x3 Fatti-O tire with a 3G fork like that.
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/mbbo-5-class-2-poke-choppa-finished.100208/
I know there was a build way way back (like 12 years ago where someone tested putting the OCC Stingray 20x4 tires on regular bmx 20" rims. It definitely made the tires narrower and taller and I am pretty sure he took measurements and such.
Your best bet is to try and mount that tire on a small 20 rim and see how skinny it can get.
Your best bet is to try and mount that tire on a small 20 rim and see how skinny it can get.
My guess is that tire probably won't squeeze enough to fit. It appears to have a pretty thick and wide tread, so it probably won't crown up like a thin occ stingray 20x4 tire will.
Agreed. I think even on say a 2.5 rim it just won’t pull in enough
Very helpful. I was considering 24x3-4 so it's nice to see what it'd look like. Customcruisers.nl is the only place I've found measurements of fat tires and I'm noting there is rarely a true 4", most are off by more than a little in either direction. How did your's feel over bumps? Saving my wrists are the reason I'm trying to go big.
It wasn't me that mounted 20x4 tires. I remember now it was @OUTLAW back in 2011. Here is a link to his thread where he put a 20x4 occ stingray tire on a normal 20" rim.
This "Street Digger" build thread is well worth checking out. Lots of cool stuff going on.
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/street-digger.46237/
Here is a photo.
I had forgotten that he mounted one for the front too.
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