Riv has bent/bendable struts available-just pick the length you need: http://www.rivbike.com/category-s/149.htm
Nitto racks come with both bent and straight struts included, FWIW. Maybe a local to you lister has some you can get without paying shipping? Steve On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Dave <davele...@gmail.com> wrote: > It became the bleriot, so I had always assumed so. It also came to me as > a fully-built 650b bike. Not sure how the previous owner dialed in their > brakes, but when i contacted him he said he never had any trouble. > > The problem is likely yours-truly. > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 2:20:34 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> Are you sure this frame was designed or 650b? If the brake reach is 73 >> with 650b; it would be 54 with 700c, which should at least handle a 38mm >> tire and fenders. >> >> On Monday, March 10, 2014 1:01:04 PM UTC-4, Dave wrote: >>> >>> the Paul Racer's have 55-67mm reach; the silver (tektro 556) have 55-73 >>> >>> Either way I'm having a hell of a time getting the pads to land squarely >>> on the rims. I guess this bike is a prototype for a reason. Any berkeley >>> folks willing and able to give me a hand would be much appreciated! >>> >>> >>> On Monday, March 10, 2014 9:40:37 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >>>> >>>> so you must be referring to the racer m not the racer cp. Maybe >>>> someone would be looking to swap. >>>> >>>> m >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 10, 2014 11:04:54 AM UTC-4, Dave wrote: >>>>> >>>>> silver's have more reach, and this bike needs it. Potentially >>>>> interested in selling them; need to make sure I can get this all dialed in >>>>> first. Will post if I decide to sell em. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2014 5:19:02 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> "I swapped out my paul centerpull brakes for Silver brakes..." Why? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, March 9, 2014 9:27:54 PM UTC-4, Dave wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey now, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I swapped out my paul centerpull brakes for Silver brakes on my >>>>>>> proto-bleriot, and now the non-drive side seat-stay attachment is >>>>>>> completely blocked by the brake. Do I need both seat-stay attachments >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> the rack (nitto big rear rack) to be safe/sturdy? Should I try moving >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> rack to the lower set of eyelets on the rear dropout? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tried to capture the issue in a photo: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/13048773834_3ac9ac3e85_h.jpg> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
