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Jakomait

Post subject: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:09 pm

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So I'm looking to finally upgrade my 26" hard tail to a 29er but I need some help picking out a frame.
My number one requirement is that it can fit a 2.35" Maxxis Ikon in the rear. This is not negotiable.
Other desires are for a slack head angle (70 or less?), a 30.9 or 31.6mm seatpost and obviously on this forum - light.

Sifting through through the net the Scott Scale fits all my other desires with a 69.5 deg head angle but anyone know if it can fit a 2.35 Ikon in the back? Any other good frames that are known to have really good tire clearance?

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jooo

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:45 am

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Have a look at the Planet X Dirty Harry, On-One Lurcher/Race frames.

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Weenie

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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:45 am

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the_marsbar

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:27 am

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The Scott Scale 29er will not fit "bigger than normal" tires IMHO. I had a Scale 26", and the chainstays had rub on the insides from using a Schwalbe Rocket Ron 2.25 (maybe due to flexy ZTR Alpine wheels? I don't know. I weigh around 70 kgs). I borrowed a Scale 29er for a test ride, and noticed there wasn't more tire clearance than with the 26" Scale...

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FIJIGabe

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:39 pm

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i've got a 2013 Superfly running 2.2's front and rear. No clearance issues at all (could probably fit 2.5's there, too).

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Jakomait

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:45 pm

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Anyone know how much room the Santa cruz Highball has in back?

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crohnsy

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:47 am

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Why is your rear tire size so non negotiable?

Sounds to me like you want a carbon Trek Stache

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leugene

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:04 am

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Probably want to use Surly Knard tire?

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Devon

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:49 pm

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Location: SW England

Message removed: I didn't read the carbon part!

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jooo

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:27 pm

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leugene wrote:

Probably want to use Surly Knard tire?

No heaps likely, the Knard on a proper rim is too big to fit in most production XC-ish frames. One of the older 2.4 Racing Ralph's is basically the next biggest tyre - for example, it's bigger than a 2.55 Weirwolf despite the stated size and the casing volume is bigger than the Continental 2.4 tyres. On a nice & wide rim, all of these are already too big for many frames, let alone a Knard which is much bigger.

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Moda68

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:40 pm

Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:37 am
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Canyon 29 CF SLX - have a 2.25 rocket ron on back currently and clears the frame 10mm each side

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Weenie

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Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:40 pm

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ratherbeintobago

Post subject: Re: 29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:07 pm

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:26 am
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Location: The High Pennines

Jakomait wrote:

Anyone know how much room the Santa cruz Highball has in back?

Not very much, looking at this photo (with 2.1 Crossmark):

Apparently the alloy bike has a lot more room.

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