I was just looking at the website for Box Dog Bikes. It was interesting that they stock Gillette Berthoud (I think that must be Gilles Berthoud's evil twin....).
Jim On Dec 16, 12:57 pm, nathan spindel <nath...@gmail.com> wrote: > And if you're in the bay area, Box Dog Bikes in SF sells these nutted > brakes at a better price than VO does ($20 cheaper IIRC). > > -nathan > > On Dec 16, 2009, at 8:57 AM, William Henderson <william.c.hender...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > I've been through this nonsense. I bought a cheap front Tektro brake > > and stole the bolt from it. I put that on the rear, and then I > > drilled out the front fork to accept a recessed allen. > > > I also tried that rear-on-front trick, and I don't recommend it. The > > brake wiggled itself loose after a few weeks, stripping the bolt in > > the process. > > > Really and truly though, the easiest route is to get the VO nutted. > > It's the exact same brake, as handsome as you please, and won't leave > > you drilling out that classic bike of yours. > > > wc. > > > 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 > > > -- > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > . -- 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.
