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Originally Posted by
Bekologist
some of us would say its' not monstercross, just a cross bike. monstercross builds should be a bit more than just stuffing the biggest tires that can fit into a normal configured cross bike. otherwise, everyone's already riding a monstercross bike, just without large enough tires.
There is no uniform definition of Monstercross.
Monstercross is more than fat tires. The goal is to be able to ride the kind of terrain that a rigid mountain bike would ride. That implies larger tires at low pressure. How large a tire and how low the pressure depends on how much weight is on the bike and rider preference.
For most conditions, a 700x40 tire like the Clement X'plor MSO will out-perform a larger tire on a mixture of gravel roads and trails that a Monstercross bike will travel.
If a cyclocross bike has a tire smaller than 700x40, this is clearly a regular Cyclocross bike. I find the 700x40 tire size or larger as a useful definition.
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Last edited by Barrettscv; 03-12-13 at 08:03 AM.