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@Sanddancer
Nothing particularly original. Actually, it's almost a slone of your rack'd 29er.
The roads of my commute are getting worse and worse and now there are 3 separate building sides I need to cross on the way. I'm doing it on an Alu track bike with 23/25mm tyres and the discomfort and occasional punctures are getting to me. What I'm trying to do is stop myself buying a Straggler/Nature Boy/Similar and getting caught up in the monstercross/commuter thing.
I have a Haro Mary SS and was thinking of Super Motos, big solid guards and a front rack. Not sure on bars since at the moment it's a pretty agressive fit with a flat bar. I'm running Hope M4 brakes though so wouldn't want the hassle of changing brakes/levers to try drops or anything needing areo levers.
The experiment is really to see how the weight and slowness of such a thing would balance against the comfort and robustness over 44 miles/day of year round commuting. It's not very nice to ride at the moment on its stock wired Kenda Nevegals and I'm curious to know how much difference a tyre can make.