I Put 2.35" MTB Tires on My Drop Bar Gravel Bike
When I built up my Cannondale Scalpel HT as a drop bar gravel bike, I left it on a pair of 2.25" Thunder Burts. That made sense for a first pass. They roll fast, they’re light, and they kept the bike feeling like a gravel bike that happened to have a mountain bike frame under it. But the whole point of starting with an XC hardtail was the tire clearance, and I wasn’t using it. So I swapped to a Schwalbe Racing Ray up front and a Racing Ralph in the back, both 29 x 2.35, and took it out on the trails I normally ride. ...