I've used this front/rear-switcharoo technique before, but also had a similar concern about the rigidity. The trick I used was:
- clamp one of the recessed bolts in vice - drill-out the allen-head end - hold it in place from below the crown using a needle nose plier - spin the rear-brake down onto this now "coupler"-bolt - use a M5 (or whatever it is) allen to tighten things up, as one would a traditional nutted front brake =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 12/15/09, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion Phil. I'd seen this on some blog as a > possible solution. I'm not really certain that this method, however, > it as safe an approach as I'd like. It seems to me that the brake > would not have as much rigidity as would be needed under hard braking. > > Jim > > On Dec 15, 11:05 am, Phil Brown <philcyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Dec 15, 9:41 am, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: >> >> > Has anyone in this group had experience converting the Rivendell >> > Silver brake to a nutted mounting? I've found one reference on a >> > Google search for the 650B internet list group that indicated it was >> > possible to swap out the center pivot bolt from a "cheap" Tektro 800 >> > brake to modify the Tektro R556/Rivendell Silver for nutted mounting. >> >> > By the way, I'm aware that Velo-Orange is presently selling the Tektro >> > R538/R556 brakes in nutted mount versions, I'd like, however to modify >> > a set of the Rivendell Silver brakes. This is intended for a >> > conversion of my Schwinn Paramount P15 from a 27" wheel size to 700c. >> >> > Jim Cloud >> > Tucson, AZ >> >> Put the front on the rear and put the rear on the front with the nut- >> Allen-inside the steerer and accessed through the hole in the rear of >> the crown. >> Phil Brown > > -- > > 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-bu...@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. > > > -- 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-bu...@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.
