Originally Posted by
busdriver1959
Depending on the type of trails that are so close to your house, why don't you put knobbies on the nekkid Merckx and ride it on the trails when they are dry. It's a lot of fun.
I've thought about this, and I think there is the clearance for them in the frame. Not sure about the brakes though. I had a pair of cyclocross tires in a box for a long time and just got rid of them last spring. The gearing is all wrong though, and somehow I feel bad about abusing the Merckx on the trails.