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Girlfriend saw this on the forum, and wanted it, brought it and now attempt to make it a little more suitable for riding on the road;
Some disadvantage, it got a very lovely tubular wheelset, but they're hardly idea for the street of London regardless of what Dammit said.
Not only that, the tub is 21mm, and the clearance is yionk tight with the quill brake adaptor;
She liked having bigger tyres like the one on her Soma (38mm on wide rims), so the best solution is to get an MTB rims instead with the Velo Orange Grand Cru hubs that match the original wheelset a bit more.
Mavic A319 (26") with VO Grand Cru track hubs, I build it a bit wrong but it's perfect.
The tyres I managed to get is the Panaracer Pasela in 26" 1.25 which come out as 32c, with the wide rims, it actually have a great profile not too dissimilar to a 23c on a 23mm rims.
On top, the BB drop is only a couple millimetres with the bigger tyres, only change I need to make is add a normal reach brake for the 26" wheels.
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