29er carbon frame with big tire clearance?
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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?
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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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...
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).
Madone 9 https://goo.gl/7UwZpV
Crockett https://goo.gl/f5PdCN
Madone 5 https://goo.gl/cMdyFo
Madone 4, Cobia. I own a lot of Treks.
Crockett https://goo.gl/f5PdCN
Madone 5 https://goo.gl/cMdyFo
Madone 4, Cobia. I own a lot of Treks.
Why is your rear tire size so non negotiable?
Sounds to me like you want a carbon Trek Stache
Sounds to me like you want a carbon Trek Stache
Probably want to use Surly Knard tire?
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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