Looking at a Whyte Saxon CX can I fit slicks for winter road rides?
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Andrew_P
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I would assume the i19 part is the internal rim width so I would guess a 25mm or maybe even a 28mm minimum tyre width. When I search the rim came up as a 29er MTB wheel. What you could have is a wheelset for road and one for off road with the suitable tyres mounted it would take a few minutes to swap out wheels to suit the ride you want.
Have you looked at gravel bikes? Might suit the crossover from off road to road better.
Andrew_P
In between here and there
If you are going to run tubeless, swapping tyres sealant etc to ride on the road is going to get tiresome, even clincher and tubes would pish me off. Would probably just ride the road with knobbly tyres in the end. Schwalbe S One and G-One are pretty road usable, I have done loads of road miles on the S-Ones without much penalty speed wise.
How off road is the off road you are going to be doing? That's the main question really. Trails, towpaths and loose chip seal etc most bikes will handle all you really need is a bit of tyre clearance. If you are doing full on muddy cyclocross MTB type off road then you will be better off with CX type bike to run knobbly tyres.
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You can put a tube in, they don't have to be run tubeless.
If going road tubeless you would have to check if the rims are capable of this, pressure wise.
