Originally Posted by
BigAura
The specs I remember were 2.25" without fenders and 2.0" with. But even 2.3 is small IMO for the kind of back-country adventures many are doing nowadays.
Nice to know you like the 920 even with the short comings you've pointed out.
Personally I'm building up an adventure style bike based on the Surly World-Troller frame and using 2.5" tires (albeit 26"). I'm looking toward the future and hopefully doing the Great Divide and/or the Baja Divide (trails not races!). For the Baja Divide in particular my 2.5" tires would be a minimum!
If 29er 2-inch tires aren't enough, you probably are better served with a mountain bike.
Even monster-CX bikes tend not to fit meaningfully larger tires:
https://www.curvecycling.com.au/coll...-monster-cross