Tell us how it rides with the larger wheels -- and please post photos of the brakes.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, jinxed <[email protected]> wrote: > There have been several successful 26 > 650b conversions with a few > different canti variants. In talking with people about this conversion Ive > been told it wont work for several reasons. Brakes wont fit. Bottom Bracket > will be too high. You wont be able to run anything wider than a 32. The > whole bike will explode if you tough a 650b wheel to it. > > It's fun to experiment, nothing is permanent, and I'll miss every ball I > dont swing at. > > > On Friday, March 22, 2013 12:40:28 PM UTC-6, franklyn wrote: >> >> Wow, >> >> I am really surprised that cantilever brakes would work given that the >> bike was originally intended for 26" wheels, and the brakes need to make up >> for 12.5mm of difference in rim radius (559 to 584mm). If you can get a >> photo with the new brakes on the rim that'd be great. >> >> franklyn >> >>> >>> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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. > > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. http://resumespecialties.com/testimonials.html Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________ -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
