Bad Boy Ultra as an off road tool?

[JoHNY]

The Cannondale Jumbo frame has 27" road wheels at the moment. I was
wondering if the frame could take an off road pounding with 26" MTB
rims. It was designed as a hybrid and mainly used for the road. But i
was thinking of taking it off road with MTB rims, what do you all
think?

Cheers

 

[Pete Biggs]

JoHNY wrote:
> The Cannondale Jumbo frame has 27" road wheels at the moment. I was
> wondering if the frame could take an off road pounding with 26" MTB
> rims.

How much of a pounding? What sort of ground exactly?

> It was designed as a hybrid and mainly used for the road. But
> i was thinking of taking it off road with MTB rims, what do you all
> think?

I'm thinking there's going to be "issues" with the brakes, and maybe 27"
wheels* would be OK really, with fat tyres. (Make sure there's enough room
in frame for fatter tyres before buying any).

* Sure they're 27" and not 700C?

Reminds me that I have a 700x38C tyre for sale.....

~PB

 

[James Thomson]

"JoHNY" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> The Cannondale Jumbo frame has 27" road wheels at the moment.
> I was wondering if the frame could take an off road pounding with 26"
> MTB rims. It was designed as a hybrid and mainly used for the road.
> But i was thinking of taking it off road with MTB rims, what do you all
> think?

At one time, the Bad Boy Ultra was supplied with two sets of wheels, one set
of 700c slicks for the road, and one set of 26" knobblies for the trail. It
used to be the case that the frame and fork were standard Cannondale MTB
items, with the same clearance and geometry as their off-road brethren.
Looking at the Cannondale website, it looks as though that's still the case.

James Thomson

 

[James Thomson]

"Pete Biggs" <[email protected]> a écrit:

> I'm thinking there's going to be "issues" with the brakes,

Disk brakes.

> * Sure they're 27" and not 700C?

They're 700c.

James Thomson