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Generally just like the look of a larger wheel. But tbh you're right after looking into other options I think I'm either going to go with a 26" wheel or 27.5 650b wheel and run some chunky tyres on there. I didn't even know the latter existed till doing a bit of research yesterday. But it seems 650b's are hard to come by with a 130mm rear axle and rim brake. A lot of what i've seen of 650's are disk brake only with a 142mm rear axle.
L_Lokii
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Cool bike, I did a similar one recently.
(1) why 700c? you can get much fatter (funner) tyres on it with 26". Spacing is going to be 100 front/135mm rear which makes the rear a bit wider than road hubs at 130mm. that means you can go up to 10 speed, 11t minimum cassette cog.
(2) you should be able to get a 11-42 10sp cassette on there with not much hassle. any bigger range and it gets harder. I'd go with a 40/42t chainring up front with that cassette.
(3) normally need around a 113mm BB for a 1x setup on these old frames.