Why not have the race milled down to 26.4? I had this done on an older Trek recently after I experienced the same "huh?" moment. I also wondered why some early Treks had 27.0 races, and others 26.4. Seems that it depended somewhat on supply of steer tubes at the time. Check the head tube cup fit while you're at it - they may be undersized as well. Good news is milling both to the current standard means taking metal off - a quick fix for a good mechanic with the right tools. Worth the investment IMHO.
Marty On Sep 1, 9:57 pm, Swami <[email protected]> wrote: > So I just obtained a mid-90's Riv Road Standard. Beautiful frame, W- > ford built (I think). I'm pretty excited about it. > > I went to pound a Campy Record 26.4 crown race on and it just wouldn't > fit. I gave up, perplexed that the frame was built for 27.0. No big > deal, but were these frames ever built for the JIS 27.0 race? Am I > missing something? > > Riv doesn't even sell a 27.0 race headset on their site, so I'm a bit > miffed, and I know 27.0 is the least common. I just want to get some > aknowledgement that I'm not a total moron-mechanic before I order up a > Tange Levin CDS. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
