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jontea
See an amateur like me or you would spec 650 48 + guards but that would just encourage greedy piggies to fit 27.5 X 2.1 without guards, ride around in some godforsaken bog path in November and say things like "full send"
650 X 42 means you're forced to use overpriced, fragile and imported tyres like Rene herse or gran Bois which you can nurse around lanes, as God intended.