Originally Posted by
Dfrost
Have you considered a 650B bike? Definitely good/great for poor or nonexistent pavement. Or something intended as a “gravel bike”?
When I’ve got the Marinoni set up in 650B configuration, I am aware of being much more relaxed about pavement quality, and that’s with just 38’s (42’s don’t quite fit).
I HAVE been wanting to convert my 710 over to 650b. I have this idea it would be a sweet gravel grinding build. It's set up with 28mm tires right now, and that's about the limit for clearance.
It IS a very pretty bicycle, I was stopped at an intersection and a driver asked me if it was Italian... Got to be that "sunrise red"!