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Location: Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
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What kind of riding do you want to do with the bike? Your Fuji seems to be a classic sport tourer, best for day excursions and commuting on good roads and streets with a fairly light load. Converting it to smaller diameter wheels can be expensive and complicated, and even then you might not be able to fit wide tires. If you want to do fully-loaded touring, look for a dedicated tourer. Old rigid-frame MTB's also make great heavy-duty tourers, they check off all the boxes: strong frame, good brakes, full braze-on's, comfortable ride, huge tire clearances. And they're dirt cheap.