Thread: 11-34 or 11-28?
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Old 04-11-23, 08:53 PM
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For and endurance bike with clearance I started with the 11-34. For rolling hills the step just did not seem right. Switched to 11-28 and much better. But kept the 11-34 for mountains. Then after a year picked up a set of carbon road wheels 51 deep and run road tires. Use the 11-28 on these. Put 38mm gravel tires on the stock aluminum endurance wheels with the 11-34. It’s great having two sets of wheels. One for all road and the other for casual rides and gravel roads.

Either way get a bike with enough tire clearance for future versatility.

I’m partial to the Domane but I have one. Checkpoint for even more clearance.
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