Is it safe to say the following in general: On an older 27" road frame, switching to 700C on a frame with Sidepull brakes is hassle-free, but on a frame with cantilever brakes, there will often be problems with pad alignment.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Christopher Miller Rosales <cmillerrosa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did a conversion on a Trek 620 a while back, the brakes couldn't make the > adjustment. The REAL problem is that the brake posts are much more narrow on > the 27" bikes and modern brakes are designed for the wider brakes designed > after the mountain bike transition. Look more a pair of old smooth post Deore > XT cantilevers, they work great. > > I highly doubt they'll drop low enough for a 650b conversion though. > Honestly, I'd just stick with 700c so you don't have to do a conversion, I > don't see a big point in doing 650b conversions unless there is no clearance > in the original frame; a bike made with 27" wheels and cantilevers is likely > a touring bike and should easily swallow some 700 x 35's. > > Check out this blogpost for a bit more information, not me but the same bike > I worked on: > http://nihonmaru.blogspot.com/2011/08/phoenix-project-shimano-m732-cantilever.html > > After getting a quality pair of 27" wheels I regret doing the conversion. I > got tired of always stretching the drop out to fit the modern wheel (I'm too > lazy to coldset). I have some beautiful phil wood hubs laced to 27" Super > Champion rims, tubes, and wolber tires that is looking for a new owner. The > bearings are smooth as butter and they roll true. Shoot me a message if you > are interested! > > Cheers, > > Chris > Berkeley, CA > > -- > 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?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
