hello everyone, pardon me for boring you with my obsession, but i happened to see a couple of 80's vintage 130/60 16 michelin race slicks available. do y'all think they would be an acceptable front tire for my paso for normal norcal canyon carving? would they be unsafe? i'm fairly sure they were properly warehoused for the intervening decades. they would probably look the business on a 750 paso with 851 wheel no? thanks so much for your comments! Best, randy posting.php?mode=post&f=1&sid=8c05b45ceb9727cbd0e289abef40cf34#

Thanks for your sage advise. I will heed it and let them go. Say, is there any problem putting a 120 width tire an a 3.5" paso rim? And just to drive you crazy, I'll go ahead and ask: would a 130/70 16 likely be smaller in diameter than a 120/80 16 size. I owe everyone a round. Best wishes, Randy.posting.php?mode=reply&f=1&t=3791#

what rims are you talking about ? The Paso rim is 3.75", the Marvic 16" rim is 3.5".

G.

Well, thank you all. Sorry about the steep learning curve represented by my tire size naiveté. The Paso I've lost my heart to has Akront rims on Marvic rims, ala 851 Strada. 3.5" front width rim, 5.0 rear width rim. I like the Avon Azzaros i'd love to fit a AV45 130/70 to the front and a AV46 150/80 to the rear, just concerned about look and fit of that 80 height on the rear. Thank you again everyone. Best, Randy.

you can take the Avon Av72 180/60-16 as well. You will have less height issues but you`ll need to distance the chain due to its width.

G.