Hi Shoji, That's what I thought. Moving the Canti Bosses would be out as the expense would negate the attempt at saving money. So probably 700c. Thanks,
Hugh Sunland, CA On Monday, March 25, 2013 6:41:22 PM UTC-7, Shoji Takahashi wrote: > > Hi Hugh, > 27" to 700C should be pretty smooth. The radius difference of 4mm means > you need that much additional brake reach. Hopefully you can move your > brake pads in your cantilevers down (toward the dropout) by 4mm? > > Here's a VO blog post: > http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2011/10/27-wheels-and-measuring-brake-reach.html > > Conversion to 650B is more involved. It may be doable, but you'll need to > measure more things and relocate your canti bosses. > > Good luck! > Shoji > > On Monday, March 25, 2013 9:18:05 PM UTC-4, hsmitham wrote: >> >> Hey Folks, >> >> First can a bike with 27" wheels (630mm) be converted to 700c ( 622mm) >> essentially 8mm difference smaller wheel diameter. What would be the best >> Canti breaks to use? And can a 27" wheel be converted to a 650B? There is a >> 46mm difference between 27" to 650B which seems too large a jump down for >> such a conversion. In advance thank you for any advice. >> >> Best, >> >> Hugh >> Sunland, CA >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
