Mountain Bike Vs Road Bike Rims. The critical dimension to keep in mind is the internal width. For mountain bikes (and, I suppose, for cars), a hookless rim is lighter, and its thicker, lower edge withstands impacts better than a hook-bead rim of the same width and construction.
Discover our range of wheels, tire, rims and apparel for road cycling, MTB, Triathlon. Gravel bikes can be thought of as the fusion between cyclocross bikes and road bikes. Road bike rims cannot accommodate mountain bike tires and vice versa.
Now, we have moved onto rim or disc brakes.
Here are some fast facts: gravel bikes can handle more wear-and-tear than your common road bikes.
These lugs act like teeth for loose soil, digging in and providing traction and grip where the smooth tires on a road bike would slip. There's no way around it; a larger wheel is heavier. However, covering Trail, Enduro, and XC-Race accounts for most of the bikes sold.