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  • I picked up a Devinci St Tropez Hybrid, decades back, for commuting. If I recall it may have had 700c x 35 on it when I got it, but I had put narrower on later for more street riding, and kept a set of winter studded knobby tires for snow and mud rides. Steering geometry is steep enough/less trail than some casual bikes. It makes riding no hands on the street (when you want to rest your hands) kind of an unstable situation, as it wanta to turn at the slightest road or body change. But overall It’s been a fun bike.









  • Preheat, expansion contraction control , and post heat is needed. But you wouldn’t have to heat treat the entire frame, just this area/members of the weld. There are specialized welder dudes that you can probably find, but if its breaking from factory it will need extra gussetting. The pictures I saw the angled arm going up to seat post is more flat than vertical. Rather than bump force going up to the seat neck, it looks like it acts as a fulcrum and the bump would stretch the lower arm instead