Originally Posted by
JusticeZero
Question since I recall some mention of the tire being wide.. and on a project i'm looking into doing.
What kind of dropouts does the back wheel have, and how fat of a tire could that frame accomodate safely? The "road noise" around here is akin to a heavy metal concert, so i'm hoping that I can find a cheap, low theft risk frame with drop bar geometry that I can stick a 29x2.x tire onto. (i'm looking at 29x2.0, 29x2.35 tires now..) Not sure what the clearances are like on the Denali.
It you want tires that big you need to get a frame that you know will handle it like a 29er or some other frames that have that as part or their features. 29x1.75 is about as big as you can go (in my experience on a few bikes) even on a hybrid.