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Ok so I should preface this post with some build goals... Basically I want to have a do it all bike with decent off-road capability, tubeless, dynamo lights and discs. My older bike that I'm replacing is a Genesis CdF which I did really love riding, but found it was a touch too heavy and was limited to 34mm tyres. I'll probably run two sets of tyres, one for off road and one for road.
Here's an inspiration image...
Ok tyres arrived. I had a bit of a dilemma with the wheel size, I kept on thinking of running 650b wheels, however initial measurements looked like that the chainstays would be limiting the rear tyre to max 47mm or so. IMO not really worth it as the whole point of going to 650b for me would be the ability to fit MTB tyres. The fork has plenty of clearance however... Still in the end I stuck with 700c tyres. I will probably get two sets of tyres however I'll start with off road tyres first. I ummed and ahhed for a bit, but in the end stuck with Maxxis Ramblers as they are tubeless compatible and really really light for a 40mm tyre at 370g! Also with 120tpi they should be supple.
The rear chainstay clearance with the 40c Ramblers fitted, not too much more room there...
BOR Germany XMD366 29er rims... I found these on a German website, I hadn't heard of this brand before but saw that the were, very light at 380g, eyeletted, asymmetric and tubeless compatible! Originally I considered Stans Crest, Velocity Ailerons and a few others but these were very light and had all these features which really made them stand out. Finish on these is beautiful, very nice subtle laser etched logos. Also weight is spot on!