I usually don't wide 35's, so I really can't answer that. But, I ride a mountain cluster on the rear, and 28's - I've done 80 miles on the bike - no issues. And I'd rather have a cross bike over another road for 1) fender clearance, 2) ability to take a rack and 3) ability to take wider tires. They really are go everywhere do anything bikes - ride it to the store, ride it cross country
Riding 32's, I've done gravel trails, some packed dirt. Not sure what the limit of what you "could" do is, but I can go pretty much anywhere I want toAnd yep - steel is nice
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