Surly Knard 29x3

Hi Aarons. You might be able to but it would take a few shims. The tire comes in contact before the bearings touch the frame and if you tightened the bearing holders the tire would be pushed down by 1-2mm. So even if you shimmed the frame up by 5mm you would only have 2-3mm clearance. I don’t know how much shimming people have done successfully in the past?.

This is just my experience though. You may get lucky and end up with a tire that does not stand so high with a different rim combo etc.