Originally Posted by
C Law
700cc road tires and 26'' mountain tires have approximately the same circumference of 2100-2200mm
if you go fatter, you will run into chainstay clearance issues long before you notice any quirky handling.
Are you putting a road tire on 29er rims or putting road wheels on the bike? If its the latter you have to make sure the rear hub is spaced 135. If its the former you have to makre sure the skinny tires will stay on the wider 29er rims.
Didn't realize that about the tire circumference, that's really helpful.
The general idea I was going with was that I really like the way my brother's Surly LHT feels, but they're expensive & a bit excessive in terms of the kind of riding I really do (no more than 40 miles on a long day), so I was going to try putting some wheels as close to the size/width of those on the LHT to hopefully simulate the feel without dishing out so much money. I know the geometry of the frames alone are very different & it's never going to be a Surly, & that I probably won't be able to get the exact same measurements as the LHT wheels, but that was just the basis of the idea.