Originally Posted by
mack_turtle
Traitor Crusade. Barely has room for 700x35 and my tire measures 38mm at the widest point. The tiniest bit of mud locks up the bike. 38mm is not enough for the terrain I ride, so looking to get 42 in there. I've tried dimpling it myself by several methods and only managed to smooth my dropouts together.
Wife put a hard no on buying something new. This is my life: buying cheap **** and nickel and dining myself into something that almost works but always misses the mark.
Spec max on that frame is 35. going to a 42 is 9mm (almost a centimeter) over spec. I am not the hands on guy, just a numbers guy so go with what the hands on guys say, but that seems to me to be a lot to expect even steel to do Good Luck
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