Those gold minimotos make me (slightly) regret selling my blue ones. I'll get the Francis out and see if I can finesse some fenders under its (boring silver) minimotos. They really are amazing brakes.
Philip Sonoma County, Calif - have a peaceful Armistice Day On Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 7:34:09 AM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Brandon's Platypus runs MiniMotos with 44mm Rene Herse Snoqualmie Pass > tires on Velocity Atlas rims, as shown in an old news post from Will last > year when the Platypus first came out. > > More here: https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news/brandons-55cm-platypus > > [image: Screen Shot 2022-11-10 at 10.28.49 AM.png] > > Looks like there *might *be room for a 48mm in there but it would be > close. I run Snoqualmie Pass tires and MiniMotos on Atlas rims on my > Hillborne. If I had a 48mm RH tire I'd pop it in there and check for you > but, alas, I do not. > > If you have the brakes on hand just try em out. If you haven't ordered yet > you could go with MotoLites to be on the safe side, they will definitely > clear. > > On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 11:45:36 AM UTC-5 jcbrya...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> I know Mike Varley at Black Mountain Cycles is a big fan of the Minimoto >> and specs them for a lot of Monstercross builds, which has a max tire size >> of 700x50. Paul discusses fender clearance in this video >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6droVDLMXM>, but as Laing has said, >> there are other variables at play, namely the relationship between rim >> width and stud spacing and specific tire fit. >> >> I can take some measurements when I get home, but I have a pair of >> Motolites set up with Cliffhangers. The pads are set to the shortest >> extension and the arms had to be splayed outward a bit for brake pad >> clearance, thus reducing the vertical clearance. Not a problem with >> Motolites but this is significant in your case because you're flirting with >> the maximum allowable clearance for the Minimoto. I think a wide rim will >> be just enough to push you over the edge. Motolites would likely be a much >> better option. If you are dead-set on short pull levers, I'd recommend >> cantilevers. >> >> Side note: I remember seeing a set of custom Motolite brake pad collars >> on eBay that were designed to get the pads a bit further from the rim, >> which would allow the arms to sit vertically with wider rims. I thought >> some guy was making them, but it was apparently a one-off and they're long >> gone. With the popularity of wide rims (like >> Cliffhangers/Atlas/Quills/etc.), I think it makes sense and I'd absolutely >> pay extra for an alternate set of pad collars that work a bit better with >> my Cliffhangers. >> >> I'm currently going through a big cantilever phase, so I've been >> considering putting up my Motolites if there's anyone who wants to trade a >> set of Paul cantilever brakes. >> >> On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 7:36:44 AM UTC-6 lconley wrote: >> >>> Note that rim width changes the width of the tire not the height of the >>> tire. >>> The height of the tire is usually the problem, not the width. >>> Proper adjustment of the brakes will impact the available clearance. >>> There more vertical that you adjust the arms on a V-brake like the Motolite >>> - the more clearance that you will have on the cross cable. You do this by >>> moving the spacers on the brake shoe attachments between the shoe and the >>> brake arm around. If the arms are splayed out like on a previous post, put >>> the thinner washers or no washer between the brake arm and brake shoe, the >>> leftover washers go between the brake arm and the attaching nut. >>> >>> Laing >>> >>> On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 9:53:18 PM UTC-5 Johnny Alien wrote: >>> >>>> Here is a photo of the clearance when I had the Cavas on. A few things >>>> to consider. >>>> >>>> >>>> 1. The height on these is 85mm and as pointed out above the >>>> minimotos are 81 >>>> 2. I have pacenti rims vs your cliffhangers so I am likely not >>>> getting near full width (48mm) >>>> 3. The Cava's say "around 48" but they probably measure less even >>>> on a rim like the cliffhangers. >>>> >>>> So based on that I would account for there being around 8mm less >>>> clearance in your setup. I would not have gone any larger in my setup and >>>> in fact I dropped to 42's to get more clearance. I agree with Joe. Its a >>>> safer bet to go with the motolites. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 9:14:57 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>>> You're probably not going to find someone with MiniMotos on a Platy so >>>>> I did a bit of sleuthing. I have Motolites on my Riv custom with 47mm >>>>> tires, the straddle wire height is 103mm, here's the clearance I show. >>>>> MiniMotos have an 81mm straddle height, I think that 22mm difference is >>>>> going to bite you and that's not including that one of the arms bends >>>>> over >>>>> even lower. >>>>> >>>>> I'd recommend the Motolites for her bike, they're super extremely >>>>> amazing. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 3:38:40 PM UTC-8 stoker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all - >>>>>> I received my wife’s 50cm Platypus last week. I am setting it up with >>>>>> Cliffhangers and 650b x 48 tires (Switchback Hills). I am wondering if >>>>>> Mini-Motos would have sufficient clearance at the straddle wire. Has any >>>>>> body tried this combination (or something similar?) >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks all - Bob >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/86c9d4e1-2501-49f8-995c-a8ec79b508acn%40googlegroups.com.
