Thanks for your suggestion Phil. I'd seen this on some blog as a possible solution. I'm not really certain that this method, however, it as safe an approach as I'd like. It seems to me that the brake would not have as much rigidity as would be needed under hard braking.
Jim On Dec 15, 11:05 am, Phil Brown <philcyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 15, 9:41 am, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > Has anyone in this group had experience converting the Rivendell > > Silver brake to a nutted mounting? I've found one reference on a > > Google search for the 650B internet list group that indicated it was > > possible to swap out the center pivot bolt from a "cheap" Tektro 800 > > brake to modify the Tektro R556/Rivendell Silver for nutted mounting. > > > By the way, I'm aware that Velo-Orange is presently selling the Tektro > > R538/R556 brakes in nutted mount versions, I'd like, however to modify > > a set of the Rivendell Silver brakes. This is intended for a > > conversion of my Schwinn Paramount P15 from a 27" wheel size to 700c. > > > Jim Cloud > > Tucson, AZ > > Put the front on the rear and put the rear on the front with the nut- > Allen-inside the steerer and accessed through the hole in the rear of > the crown. > Phil Brown -- 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-bu...@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.
