Originally Posted by
unterhausen
curious what 50mm/2" tire you want to use for this purpose? That definitely will take some MTB-like bent chainstays. I really like the Continental Top Contact Winter which I run on my commuter, but that is a 26" bike. I'm scheming to build a new frame around those tires, it is going to be more like a mtb. Currently, I am using a Trek MTB frame.
I'd like to be able to use anything from 29x1.5 slicks up to 29 x 2.5 knobbies if I could figure out how to fit them.
Front end wise, I'm planning on using this crown from ceeway which can fit 68.7mm/2.7inch tires:
