You might be able to file the hole for the centerbolt to allow for some vertical adjustment. Kind of like these Mafacs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54878...@n00/4544396102/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/54878...@n00/4543765097/ If you do that in combination with filing the brake shoe slots, you might just make it. You could also fabricate some sort of drop bolt. Good luck. Jay On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:01 AM, manueljohnacosta < manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I was lucky to get in possession of a 49cm Le Tour Mixte. I figured > since my girlfriend just recently got a new job, new place, graduated > from college and her birthday was coming up, I figured I should get > her something big. Pink is her favorite color and she enjoys biking. > So I set off building her a bike. Getting most of the parts together I > find myself with a few issues. > 1. Big issue the brakes seem like they are only a few centimeters off. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/4545155110/in/set-72157623789349209/ > > 2. The rear brake is a center-pull and needs a longer straddle cable > to clear the seat tube. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/4544523125/in/set-72157623789349209/ > > > So with the first issue I go to the ROB group for some answers. Any > ideas of making this work? It's SOOO close to fitting. Or should I > just bite the bullet and look for brakes that fit? > > and about the second issue. Anyone have any ideas and where I can find > one? I might check out my local place, Cycle of Change, but never > guaranteed that I can find the part there. Thanks in advance! > Hopefully I can get this worked out. > > -Manny "Bikes aren't always easy" Acosta > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://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.
