Stephen -- I am surprised that your Ram does't have more clearance; mine with 35 mm Kojaks:
https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/RAMBOUILLETFINALLYBUILT040613#5863925294024508226 and https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/RAMBOUILLETFINALLYBUILT040613#5863925386730853778 Does the photo do justice to the clearance? Tim: judging from your photo (perhaps it does not show the clearance well?) I'd say you would be cramped to get anything bigger in there, regardless of brake type. *http://tinyurl.com/c5qe44e* On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Stephen S <elphk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a shot from the 538s that I have on my Rambouillet. It looks like > the curve where the bolt goes through is different. I would make the > assumption that the 539s have a similar contour. > > It's not a great shot but hopefully it will give some clarity. > > This is on my 56 Rambouillet with Jack Browns. Please excuse the overall > dirtyness. =) > > > On Friday, April 19, 2013 3:11:45 PM UTC-7, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> Ladies/Gents- >> >> I have a '97 Riv Road, currently on 700c x 28mm tires. I'd like to put >> fatter tires on there, but right now I have Shimano 105 Brakes (39/49 >> clearance). I can barely squeeze my 28's between these brakes, so I >> obviously need something with wider reach. >> >> However, my bike also seems to have very little vertical clearance above >> the tire. (pictures) >> >> I tried Silvers, but these are way too deep for my bike. Even at the >> shallowest pad depth, the pads are on the spokes and not the rim. The >> Tektro 539s seem like they'd work, but they're listed as replacements for >> Tiagra 47/57s, not 105 39/49s. I suspect that the 539s will be too deep as >> well. >> >> I suppose I could just swap the Silvers for 539s (I have an offer, >> thanks), and trial and error some more. But, looking at the pics, can >> anyone assure me that the 539s will actually give me more clearance between >> the bottom of the brake and the tire? I only have about 1mm there right >> now. >> >> And I understand that I could use the 539s or Silvers with 650B wheels, >> but I don't have any of those. Brakes seem like a cheaper switch than >> wheels right now. And my Riv is a 59cm, so it should be able to take 700c >> x 35 tires (catalog claim). >> >> Thanks for your advice, >> Tim >> >> Thanks, >> Tim >> > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > 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. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
