• Yes. Ignore the rear, it doesn't matter and anyway the back of the frame isn't going to flex enough to make it rub, but when the fork flexes and the front tyre hits the down tube, it stops you like a stick through the spokes.

    Thanks. Will changing from a 23 to 19 tyre make it any safer? Made me well paranoind of potholes on my commute this morning.

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