i will echo what steve says, measure! i made the same assumption a few years ago (still have the bike), and did the conversion because the existing wheels were chromed steel (in poor condition), the back was no issue even with short reach side-pulls. but the front fork had tons of tire clearance already, so switching out to even long reach side-pulls didn't work, i used a make-shift drop-bolt for a few years until i found a crazy long reach sidepull (~75mm ish) made by shimano which i'm using now.
This was not an uncommon occurence as i think campy or dia-compe made machined drop bolts a long time ago. On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:14:59 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-03-26 at 13:07 -0700, James Warren wrote: > > > > On an older 27" road frame, switching to 700C on a frame with Sidepull > > brakes is hassle-free, but on a frame with cantilever brakes, there > > will often be problems with pad alignment. > > Freedom from hassles is a matter of having sufficient reach. I recall > seeing some 27" sidepull frames back in the day that had enormous > clearance, and barely made it with long reach sidepulls. You may have > issues with a frame like that. > > With cantilevers, some frames and some brakes have room to move the pads > down. Others do not. > > > > -- 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.
