Toshi: if you don't mind a hack, try a small rattail file in the pad slots. I've added a couple of mm to old single pivot sidepulls that way. (Come to think of it, I added almost 5 mm to the short horizontals on my '99 Joe fixed that way.)
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Toshi Takeuchi <tto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I mounted the Hetre tires on Synergy 650b wheels and swapped out the > calipers to Tektro R559. In the front there is gobs of room--over a cm on > all sides. In the back there is sufficient room with plenty of room up top, > and the minimum clearance is in the chainstays with about 4 mm at minimum > on each side. There should be plenty of room for fenders, as Jay described, > which is great. > > The bad news is that the R559 caliper on the rear right side does not have > enough reach. Maybe 1 or 2 mm would do it. In order to take a test ride, > I'm flipping the brake pad in the "reverse" direction. I don't know how > much of a difference the pad will make if it's upside down, but in that > configuration the brake won't hit the tire. The Tektro brakes have 73 mm > reach, and in theory, there are 75 mm reach brakes, which should hopefully > work. > > I've kind of searched around the web and found some IRD B75 calipers, but > they only seem to be available in black right now for the rear. I prefer > silver, but... > > I also saw some DiaCompe centerpulls. I've never used centerpulls, but I > could switch to those, since they also claim to have 75mm reach. I would > appreciate any experience with the centerpull brakes in contrast to the > dual-pivot calipers. > > If there are other 75 mm reach brakes I should consider, then it would be > much appreciated too (I see BMX-style brakes, but have no idea about how > they would work on a road bike). > > Thanks, > Toshi > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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-bunch@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.
