That depends on what you mean by all terrain. You can certainly fit some decently wide tires in there, and not to be all “back in my day”, but plenty of people used to ride gravel paths and trails with ~23-30mm wide tires.
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Tinder4SpreadingAids on
I’d run a 32 max on that fork especially. Rear looks tight for 32+ too. If you want any wider (which all-road tires are) I’d look for another frame for that purpose.
KitchenPalentologist on
Also check the clearance around the chainstays (near the crankset). Your brake calipers appear to have more clearance than most, and the seat stays (pictured) have decent clearance.
You might have to do a little experimentation to figure out the largest tire that will fit. You’ll need 3mm – 5mm clearance to be safe.
sootjuggler on
You could indeed.
Not very wide ones mind.
If you go down the schwalbe marathon range you’ll, in a probability buy one pair and still be riding them in 5 years time.
Fkn brilliant tyres!!
Turnip_Wizar35 on
Dude I use my road bike off and on road with 700×23 wheels, its a matter of technique lol
Complete-Equipment90 on
Yes. Take to an LBS and ask for a recommendation. The deal here is that they might let you swap them if their rec doesn’t work.
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Flip up the lever on your brake caliper. Then release your wheel and pull it down so the tire is even with the brake pads. Check how much clearance you have. If you can barely get your wheel out, then you can’t fit larger tires in there, at least not easily. Doing so would mean you would have to either unhook the brake cable or remove a brake pad to change the tire.
While going off road with skinning tires is something some people do, don’t do it if you are heavy. It is very easy to get a puncture on gravel if you are running high pressure on skinny tires. I weigh 215 pounds. There is no way I would take my old road bike with 25mm tires on a gravel road.
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That depends on what you mean by all terrain. You can certainly fit some decently wide tires in there, and not to be all “back in my day”, but plenty of people used to ride gravel paths and trails with ~23-30mm wide tires.
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I’d run a 32 max on that fork especially. Rear looks tight for 32+ too. If you want any wider (which all-road tires are) I’d look for another frame for that purpose.
Also check the clearance around the chainstays (near the crankset). Your brake calipers appear to have more clearance than most, and the seat stays (pictured) have decent clearance.
You might have to do a little experimentation to figure out the largest tire that will fit. You’ll need 3mm – 5mm clearance to be safe.
You could indeed.
Not very wide ones mind.
If you go down the schwalbe marathon range you’ll, in a probability buy one pair and still be riding them in 5 years time.
Fkn brilliant tyres!!
Dude I use my road bike off and on road with 700×23 wheels, its a matter of technique lol
Yes. Take to an LBS and ask for a recommendation. The deal here is that they might let you swap them if their rec doesn’t work.
Flip up the lever on your brake caliper. Then release your wheel and pull it down so the tire is even with the brake pads. Check how much clearance you have. If you can barely get your wheel out, then you can’t fit larger tires in there, at least not easily. Doing so would mean you would have to either unhook the brake cable or remove a brake pad to change the tire.
While going off road with skinning tires is something some people do, don’t do it if you are heavy. It is very easy to get a puncture on gravel if you are running high pressure on skinny tires. I weigh 215 pounds. There is no way I would take my old road bike with 25mm tires on a gravel road.