Thanks for the kind words everyone! Virgil, my main concern was to have the brake cable secured in the cable stop somehow and to not just rub against the edge of the stop. The link above to Joe's build shows that he used a part from a brake noodle to put in the stop. But I also wanted to center the cable on the top of the downtime (the stop is off center) before I connected it to the cable hanger. So, I ordered one of these clamp on cable stops <https://www.rivbike.com/collections/shifting/products/clamp-on-cable-stops>, centered it an inch and a half down from the stop, and ran a bit of cable between them. Brake operation feels smooth and strong. It adds an extra piece, which irritates my minimalist sensibilities, but oh well.
Jon, measuring at the outer knobs, the tire is between 50-51mm wide. Yes, every ride I'm appreciating the bike's qualities more and more. I can't wait to spend all day on it! Jason, this video <https://paulcomp.com/video/fender-clearance-and-brakes-motolite-racer-medium-minimoto/> shows that Paul ran a 45mm fender & 32mm tire in the Racer Mediums. The Racers are larger-- I read somewhere that there's 54mm between the pivots. So maybe 50mm with 45s? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
