Originally Posted by pcb

Here are some Jersey conversions. Best-case scenario, I suppose, is room for Hetres. None of my three get there. The Marinoni Special is a great-case conversion, the frame swallows 35-36mm rubber now and was transformed from a nice road bike to a b*lls-out big-fun all-rounder. Running Col de la Vies now, could probably go a little wider. If my son ever gets out of bed today and we manage to hit the trail, I'll prolly be riding this. The Stout is a good-case conversion, chainstays make bigger than 34mm pretty tight, but 32-33mm make it a much more versatile and fun ride. The Waterford is a worst-case conversion, in a way, even 32mm is very tight at the chainstays, and I can't find any 650b tires narrower than 30-31mm. But even 25mm 700c tires were really tight before, and I don't get along with rubber that narrow these days. I like it better with 650b, but I wish I could get a little more width in the rear. I'd love to squish the chainstays a bit to get more clearance, but it's ultra-thin air-hardened yadda-yadda 853 or similar, and doesn't take kindly to squishing. Pix: