# Pavement bikes
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894 "2018-09-11T19:50:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 13
### Author:  [@jimmythefly](https://tarck.cc/u/jimmythefly)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/241 "2021-11-12T18:23:14Z")
If you really want fatter tires in the future you can always just do a good 'ol 650b conversion.
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### Author:  [@teepz](https://tarck.cc/u/teepz)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/242 "2021-11-12T18:24:45Z")
I’m going to keep the Diverge for sure, it feels great with 700x42s on it.
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### Author:  [@Alvz](https://tarck.cc/u/Alvz)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/243 "2021-11-12T18:32:27Z")
you dont neeeed a 30mm tire, but as I’ve come to learn riding around here, most of the roads that have low auto traffic and are worth riding are chipseal. I was on 25mm Vittoria Corsa tires running 65 PSI and still getting rattled. Moving to 28mm at lower pressure is better, but if I could fit a 30mm I probably would
tl;dr if you’re on chipseal a light, fast, and slightly wider tire is dope
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### Author:  [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/244 "2021-11-12T18:35:18Z")
I ride a lot of back roads that have pretty casual maintenence schedules (rough as hell, pretty potholed) and the difference in ride quality between a 28 on a wide rim and a 32 on a wide rim is pretty narrow.
that having been said, if the Pirelli P Zeros in 30mm that I am putting on my (currently 28mm tired road) bike next feel way better, I’d be delighted.
edit: thinking about this a little more, the magic number for road is probably right in that 28-30mm tubeless range. 25 tubeless feels way better than tubed, but once you get into the mid-low 60’s for psi, things feel markedly better. The problem with wider tires (like 35+) is that they tend to wallow a lot on hard surfaces, and feel less awesome to spin up to speed.
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### Author:  [@Petr5](https://tarck.cc/u/Petr5)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/245 "2021-11-12T22:37:00Z")
> [@Alvz](#):
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> That said, I bet you could fit a 30mm tire into something like a rim brake Cannondale Synapse from six to eight years ago, and if you can get a Hi-Mod model, even better. those rode so, so nicely.
My 7 yo Synapse says no. I get a little rub against the spring of the rear brake with 28s since getting 21 mm ID rims. I can tilt the brake a little and get away with it, but it seems like a bad idea.
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### Author:  [@stumphumper](https://tarck.cc/u/stumphumper)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/246 "2021-11-13T01:44:40Z")
my year 2000 Kona Kapu in easton scandium fits 28s, rides nicely enough that i might just get it repainted. Bought it in 2010, replaced the 6500 for force 10 in 2013 and now i run gp4k2 or tubeless in 28. i have a discograv bike, but i’ll run this bike until it cracks or i run out of rim brake rims. i think of it as a smooth riding beater
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### Author:  [@EndpointBraden](https://tarck.cc/u/EndpointBraden)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/247 "2021-11-13T01:45:06Z")
> [@featherduster](#):
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> one more hell yeah build a rim brake road bike
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> mine is from 2014 and clears a 28 and all I bought for it in the past 3 years is chains, brake pads and handlebar tape
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> like there others its dead simple and fun and the only other way I can spice it up is with some carbon hoops now
I had a early 90s (maybe late 80s) Rossin for a season. Cleared 28s. Planed. Felt good. I can’t remember why I sold it. Not that I need anything remotely like that in my life. But it was a great regular ass road bike.
But also, many Caad9 frames cleared 28s.
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### Author:  [@Bearpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Bearpants)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/248 "2021-11-13T07:44:02Z")
I bet my Merckxi clear maaaaybe 25s. I’m glad I don’t know the difference yet, but the Carbonda’s getting 28s minimum on the road wheelset.
I love me Telekom, but I bet it gets ridden a lot less when I have carbon and big tires to choose from.
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/249 "2021-11-14T03:10:12Z")
My 2000s steel univega, not sure who made it but it has some nice dropouts, fits 28s and planes nicely.
[This](https://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?item=45148).
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### Author:  [@jimmythefly](https://tarck.cc/u/jimmythefly)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/250 "2021-11-14T23:41:19Z")
Ohsit there was one of those locally. Steel frame, alu fork/steel steerer right?
The one here had a low end campy triple group and mismatched wheels,but was only $75 asking, with a single shite pic.
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/251 "2021-11-15T16:08:30Z")
Yeah, veloce triple and alu fork. Only original part is the frame and maybe headset. It was my dad’s.
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### Author:  [@Perlhammered](https://tarck.cc/u/Perlhammered)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/252 "2022-05-16T15:33:55Z")
Can I gush quickly about how perfect of a pavement bike this is? Because it’s a pretty fucken perfect pavement bike.
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### Author:  [@Dickason\_Daniel](https://tarck.cc/u/Dickason_Daniel)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/253 "2022-05-16T16:37:25Z")
Bro we are here for your gush.
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### Author:  [@BEEutiful\_Wednesday\_DDS](https://tarck.cc/u/BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/254 "2022-05-24T11:35:38Z")
i stuck 32s on my canyon endurace and now i think it’s the perfect bike. now i can ride it on the road and on all the chunky dirt “rail trails” and little connectors. still fast on the road. still comfy on the trails.
it’s not a gravel bike and i wouldn’t take it on singletrack of any kind but it’s been so nice to be able to go anywhere i need to go with one bike.
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### Author:  [@kmcdon](https://tarck.cc/u/kmcdon)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/255 "2022-06-01T14:41:20Z")
after like 1.5 years of dithering and supply chain pain, wife’s finally picking up one of these today:
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### Author:  [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/256 "2022-06-01T14:45:28Z")
oh cool! is there an elastomer in that raised section of the seattube, or is it just an aero design element?
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### Author:  [@kmcdon](https://tarck.cc/u/kmcdon)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/257 "2022-06-01T14:46:32Z")
I don’t know much about pavement bikes but it’s that Giant “d-fuse” shiz
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### Author:  [@spaghetti](https://tarck.cc/u/spaghetti)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/258 "2022-06-01T14:55:26Z")
FYI with the caveat that I really love the dfuse thing and also I’m thicc
> [@Did you just ShartQ?](https://tarck.cc/t/did-you-just-shartq/23/17635):
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> but new nonsense
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> the post in clamped via an expanding wedge, which rests on a shelf inside the ST
> when installed properly there is a lip of ~5mm of aluminum, as seen in this gorgeous photo:
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> now this is where the real magic happens! when riding, as the chairpole flexes to pedal stroke, the CF rubs on that lip of aluminum and makes a wonderful sound. unfortunately, i’m not worthy of this sound and i need it excised from my life immediately.
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> today i tried riding with the wedge flush with the top of the ST, squeaking went away completely, _but_ even at proper torque i had some noticeable slippage (with seatpost slipping at a greater rate than wedge but both slipping).
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> ive been wrapping my brain around what to do. the squeaking has to stop. one idea was packing something in on the “shelf” to raise it and add some aluminum can shims?
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### Author:  [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/259 "2022-06-01T17:13:43Z")
Wait is it supposed to move? Is it just a complicated way of avoiding a seat collar?
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### Author:  [@spaghetti](https://tarck.cc/u/spaghetti)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/pavement-bikes/21894/260 "2022-06-01T18:42:16Z")
No seat collar because the post is D shaped instead of O shaped. Makes it very springy in the right direction
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