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The clearances in the fork and chain stays are pretty tight so getting bigger rubber in 700c is pretty much out of the question. The Mrs. has a Dutch bike with 700c x 40c tyres which would be ideal, but I pulled the front one from her bike and tried it in the cougar and there's no chance! My first bike was in the 70s and it had 27 x 1 ¼ wheels and was plenty comfy so I'd like to achieve something sorta like that. Which leads me to 650b.....