This week I’ve been out with one mate on cross tyres. I was on my 29″ hardtail with 2.3 MTB tyres.
He tried to persuade me to buy his spare cross bike as it would make dull flat muddy trails more interesting.
I’ve been out with a second mate. He was on a gravel bike. I was on my road bike and we did road. He tried to persuade me to get a gravel bike. (Waves if you are reading 🙂 )
I’m not getting a new bike for the foreseeable future.
I do have a 27.5 orange clockwork with 26″ wheels bodged in in the shed that’s not doing much.
Two questions-
1) Can you get a 26″ tyre that will cover cyclocross mud fest’s and 50 miles of mostly road with some trails thrown in?
2)It’s got a 36 front chainring with 11-46 cassette. Would it need a 40+ chain ring? Would that fit on an xt crankset?
Cheers