Note that rim width changes the width of the tire not the height of the tire. The height of the tire is usually the problem, not the width. Proper adjustment of the brakes will impact the available clearance. There more vertical that you adjust the arms on a V-brake like the Motolite - the more clearance that you will have on the cross cable. You do this by moving the spacers on the brake shoe attachments between the shoe and the brake arm around. If the arms are splayed out like on a previous post, put the thinner washers or no washer between the brake arm and brake shoe, the leftover washers go between the brake arm and the attaching nut.
Laing On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 9:53:18 PM UTC-5 Johnny Alien wrote: > Here is a photo of the clearance when I had the Cavas on. A few things to > consider. > > > 1. The height on these is 85mm and as pointed out above the minimotos > are 81 > 2. I have pacenti rims vs your cliffhangers so I am likely not getting > near full width (48mm) > 3. The Cava's say "around 48" but they probably measure less even on a > rim like the cliffhangers. > > So based on that I would account for there being around 8mm less clearance > in your setup. I would not have gone any larger in my setup and in fact I > dropped to 42's to get more clearance. I agree with Joe. Its a safer bet to > go with the motolites. > > On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 9:14:57 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> You're probably not going to find someone with MiniMotos on a Platy so I >> did a bit of sleuthing. I have Motolites on my Riv custom with 47mm tires, >> the straddle wire height is 103mm, here's the clearance I show. MiniMotos >> have an 81mm straddle height, I think that 22mm difference is going to bite >> you and that's not including that one of the arms bends over even lower. >> >> I'd recommend the Motolites for her bike, they're super extremely >> amazing. >> >> On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 3:38:40 PM UTC-8 stoker wrote: >> >>> Hi all - >>> I received my wife’s 50cm Platypus last week. I am setting it up with >>> Cliffhangers and 650b x 48 tires (Switchback Hills). I am wondering if >>> Mini-Motos would have sufficient clearance at the straddle wire. Has any >>> body tried this combination (or something similar?) >>> >>> Thanks all - Bob >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/56c27576-5a9d-4da5-8be7-9e9688746ae6n%40googlegroups.com.
