"I forgot to mention that it is already running disc brakes" You converted an Atlantis to disc brakes??? Did you have a new fork made?
dougP On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 12:17:15 PM UTC-8, William! wrote: > > Right, I forgot to mention that it is already running disc brakes so > moving the studs won’t be an issue. If I had a set of 650b wheels sitting > around I’d throw them on but in lieu of that I was hoping someone else > might already have tried (whether by moving the studs or some other method). > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:08 AM Ian A <atte...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> The canti posts are the issue. It would certainly be possible to move the >> posts to the 650b position and use brakes with enough adjustment to >> accommodate either 650b wheels or 700c. >> >> But, the costs of moving the posts and dealing with painting the frame >> and fork afterwards would be significant. As to whether it would >> significantly change the ride of the bike, hard to say. The bottom bracket >> would sit a fraction lower. >> >> 650b rims are predominantly disc only nowadays. There are still rim brake >> options available, but personally I think a new bike would be a better >> investment. Something like the Black Mountain Cycles Monster Cross Disc >> (which I believe is still in prototype phase). >> >> Keep the Atlantis the way G intended. It's good that way. >> >> IanA >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/cgIyX0KDwp4/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
