On 11/25/2015 07:50 AM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
/Fully lugged wrote: Tire size is always a function of available brakes./
I don't think there were many years in which a sidepull of one brand
or another was not produced that could clear a 35mm tire. (Sorry about
the awkward construction, need coffee.)
Actually, I think this is way wrong. My 1991 George Longstaff was built
for cantilever brakes because in 1991 only cantilevers would clear a
28mm tire. There wasn't a centerpull or long reach sidepull on the
market that would.
Also, when the Rambouillet was introduced in 2002, much was made of the
fact that the then newly introduced Shimano long reach dual pivot
sidepull made this frame possible -- and that brake on that frame will
only accommodate a 28mm tire with fenders (and even then you have to
play games with the cable tension to get the pads far enough apart to
clear a Roly Poly 28mm tire).
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