Tiny wheel

[Rob Stehlik]

Originally Posted by fox46

Just be sure that you bring spares if you are running wheels that small.

All your tread wear will be focussed to a smaller surface area of tread so a 2" wheel's tread will burn off twice as fast as a 4" wheel's and three times faster than a 6" wheel. After seeing photos of some post-competition racing slicks I would shy away from anything smaller than 4" and even then I would be worried.

Agreed. Rapid tread wear is the main drawback with small wheels. We burned through three sets of 4" wheels last year, and I got tired of changing them (not trivial in a dead axle design).