Originally Posted by
niliraga
that's fantastic!!! this is inspiring me to retire my 73 Comp from "urban runabout" duty and rebuild him for upstate trails, and better exploit the (freakish?) combination of agility + comfort. And of course use their ridiculous clearances - I currently run 700x35 also, (which calipers measure at exactly 35) under fenders - but curious to know what your measured actual width is on the cross tires you have there?
The last time I measured, they were 33.9 mm according to my $10 Harbor Freight digital calipers at around 60 psi. There are
more pix that show a little more detail, clearance-wise, if you wish to look closer. I am sure I could run wider tires on it, but these were on sale for $11 each a couple of years ago, and I loved the way they worked and hated how little clearance the bike I had them on provided.