Oh, i see the misunderstanding. Do you believe that made my statements about "ideal" based on the "measured rim"? That is not true, at all. Gary, brought up the concept of "ideal", and i just answered him based on Hoosier's "recommended rim" sizes. ie, i assumed (logically) that the "ideal" would be the middle of the recommended rim sizes.
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Oh. My bad :-) Yes, I thought you were saying that Hoosier's "measured rim" was "ideal." So, gotcha, I agree, it seems likely that Hoosier's ideal size would be the middle of the recommended range.

But it's still the case that the tread width/section width numbers you were referencing were based on the "measured" rim width, so there could be some variance.

Again, not sure what this does to the conclusion, if anything.