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Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« on: July 10, 2010, 05:41:12 AM »
 Hello , Please can you tell me what the width of the Magic Pie rear wheel is that comes in the kit ??? ...  I would like to try to put a wider tire on the rear of my Magic Pie bike.. It is the 7ooc kit and I have had it for about 6 months if that makes any difference in what wheel you were using at the time ..

    I have been told it makes a difference as far how wide a tire you can get on the wheel which makes sense to me ..

     Thanks again .. I am also looking to motorize the 26 inch bike I have . Are the kits you are selling now using setups that have the wheel centered in the frame or are they still offset like the first ones .thank You . Don J.

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2010, 10:16:11 PM »
I put a schwalbe big apple 2.35" on my 26in. Really good tire.

Stan

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 01:54:00 AM »
I just installed a new one this week and the wheel was centred quite nicely.

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2010, 01:39:47 PM »

    Hello all .. I have seen that some have mounted quite wide tires on the 26 inch wheel/rim .. I am wondering and asking please can someone tell me how wide the 700 size wheel is or how wide a tire you have gotten on it ???
     Thanks  so much .... Don J.

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2010, 02:32:14 AM »

    Hello all .. I have seen that some have mounted quite wide tires on the 26 inch wheel/rim .. I am wondering and asking please can someone tell me how wide the 700 size wheel is or how wide a tire you have gotten on it ???
     Thanks  so much .... Don J.

Hi Don

I believe it is the same as the 26 inch in width. Allthough the rim is marked 26/1.5 when I hold a tape to it, I get one inch. I was surprized when seeing a cast 20 inch wheel that it is wider at 1.5 inches. I have had people ask me if they can put a 3 inch wide tire on it and since I have a 2.125 on a one inch wide rim I would have to think a 3 inch would fit a 1.5 inch wide rim.

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2010, 07:21:14 PM »
Hello , Please can you tell me what the width of the Magic Pie rear wheel is that comes in the kit ??? ...  I would like to try to put a wider tire on the rear of my Magic Pie bike.. It is the 7ooc kit and I have had it for about 6 months if that makes any difference in what wheel you were using at the time ..

    I have been told it makes a difference as far how wide a tire you can get on the wheel which makes sense to me ..

Hello Don!

I have a 28 inch front wheel mini motor from GM and I measure the rim to 25 mm. On that rim I have a 44-635 tyre. I also have a Nirve chopper which I’m going to convert to an e-bike with a 3 inch wide tyre mounted on a 24 inch rim that I measure to 32 mm wide. However, when I’ll convert this with a Magic Pie I’ll change the rim to a Sun Ringle DoubleWide rim which is 46 mm wide. The 32 mm rim, even though it’s the original rim to that tyre, looks to narrow but that’s just my opinion.

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 03:32:15 AM »
Heres a picture of my new solar powered digital vernier caliper in action (got to love princess auto).

1.00 Inches wide. Measured on a front MP rim marked at 26x 1.5 on the side of the rim. 700c is the same width.

Gary
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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2010, 11:18:48 AM »
Heres a picture of my new solar powered digital vernier caliper in action (got to love princess auto).

1.00 Inches wide. Measured on a front MP rim marked at 26x 1.5 on the side of the rim. 700c is the same width.

Gary

1" ::) looks down  ;D

Whats that mean in this century.  LOL nice deep and slick, these rims are very strong Gary for there width.  The deep v wells make good strong wheels.
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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2010, 02:41:53 AM »

1" ::) looks down  ;D

Whats that mean in this century.  LOL nice deep and slick, these rims are very strong Gary for there width.  The deep v wells make good strong wheels.

I guess for the rest of the world 1" = 2.54 cm. Does that make more sence?

Gary

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Re: Width of Magic Pie rear Wheel ..
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2010, 01:45:01 AM »
Heres a picture of the width of the 20 inch Casted Pie.

1.57 inches wide or 3.98 cm wide.

Again I think if I can put a 2.125 wide tire on a 1 inch wide rim then logically I should be able to use at least 3 inch tire on a 1.5 inch wide rim.

Am I thinking correctly?


Gary

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