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@russmeyer
Howdy y'all. Got a bit inspired the other day by the approaching spring weather and this photo posted by @spotter in the FBNPNA thread.
So I went and bought his yesterday.
It just about clears 700x25mm and looks identical to the turquise one so I figured 650bx35mm would fit nicely. I converted my wife's mixte last year (https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/289257/) and borrowed a wheel off it to check:
Lots of room in the rear (ooohh) and no problems height wise in the front but not enough width for a bigger tyre. Upon closer inspection the turquoise one doesn't seem to have a unicrown fork. Bummer.
Meaning if I go down this route I'd lower the BB by 10-15 mm, is this lethal?
Also - the one in, one out rule applies. Which one should I let go? I've my sweet fixeh commuter, that's staying. And the road bike has to stay too, I'd never get my money back. Keep fooling myself 'I'm going to use it more next year'. That leaves my functional disc cross commuter in the shape of a moss green PX london road. Built it up last october and it has spent the winter waiting for actual winter to arrive so I'd get any use out of it, studded tyres and all. Have ridden it maybe 10 times in total, somehow always end up taking the fixed gear instead.
It does of course seem idiotic to replace a modern fully functional alu/carbon/disc brake thing with a steel relic from the 80's topped with weird size wheels and rim brakes. But that's the way I'm leaning right now... Decisions decisions.
Will at any rate be a slow project so I've time to think this through. Opinions welcome.