Beth: My 50 mm Berthouds worked in a very tight situation -- Riv Road with Dia Comp normal single pivots and 32 mm tires. I expect that 45 mm VOs ought to work fine with up to 32 mm tires, tho' the clearance may be tight. IME, the principal restriction is the fork crown, not a single pivot caliper. As for centerpulls, Mafac, Weinmann, and Shimano, all worked well for me, best with Matthausers, tho' I do have a pair of Dura Ace centerpulls (perhaps rebranded Tourneys) that worked very, very well (I mean dual pivot well) with old black pads.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Okay. I've selected the VO fenders. Measuring them against my existing > brakes it will be an EXTREMELY tight fit. I may be compelled to switch over > to center-pull brakes, not my favorite in terms of on-the-fly adjustment. So > far all I've been able to snag around here are a pair of the long-reach > Dia-Compe 750's, which I guess will work (though the pads will sit high and > there will be a LOT of metal underneath). > > I don't have the budget to add braze-ons to my ten-year-old frame (for > center-pulls OR cantis). Has anyone used these without brazing to the frame? > Are they any better than the center-pulls of my youth? Is there another > option which would work better in a similar price range? (Finding these used > has gotten much harder since folks began doing 650b conversions with > them...) > Thanks --Beth > > http://bikelovejones.livejournal.com > http://veloquent.blogspot.com > > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
