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Righty - I've used this a bit now, did eventually do my ride to Lincolnshire and it was...wet, cold and miserable. Surprise! Anyway, after building up a bike specifically to use the tyres I've decided I'm going to change wheel sizes. Also, I've got a couple of disc road bikes already and frankly they're both faster and comfier than this so I might as well modify this to be something a bit different.
Currently eyeing up a set of road plus wheels from Alpkit plus a pair of WTB Horizon tyres. My obvious concern is that they won't fit the frame - I'm pretty sure the front will clear as essentially it's a 29er fork, however the rear may be tight.
Also considering a Jones H bar but this will require new brakes (or at least levers and if I'm changing brakes I may as well go full hydro) and new shifters/rear mech.
Finally I want to run a decent front rack but the fork doesn't have any rack mounts. Therefore an upgrade to a Surly disc trucker fork may be on the cards, but that causes the obvious problem with clearance for the Horizon. Hmmmm