Road 2 Cyclo cross bike for 20 quid?

Hi have an old steel peugeot 5 speed bike Reynolds 531 was thinking just sticking theese wide tyres to make it into an instant CX bike
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIRANDC/ ... wired-tyre
What do you reckon?
Obviously its not gonna be the best CX bike eva bit would it work or a recipe for disaster
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The rims are mavic Ma40 will thet take a 32mm tyre?
Some opnions here...
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... NemYmgK71M
The frame/brake clearance does looks big enough alot more than on most newer road bikes.
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIRANDC/ ... wired-tyre
What do you reckon?
Obviously its not gonna be the best CX bike eva bit would it work or a recipe for disaster

The rims are mavic Ma40 will thet take a 32mm tyre?
Some opnions here...
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... NemYmgK71M
The frame/brake clearance does looks big enough alot more than on most newer road bikes.
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For just messing about I expect it would be fine if the clearance is there.
And yes, the rims will be fine.
Getting that on my road bike whilst riding on tarmac roads, atm due to farmers trailing mud everwhere.
Alot of gravel fire roads seem to have less mud on them than regular roads as farmers don't drive tractors in the forests. :roll: