[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
Perhaps have a mechanic friend look at how they are set up. I have them on two bikes, 4 years on one, 2 years on the other, with zero adjustments since the initial set up. I love these brakes. Gernot -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
In case it matters to your decision making process, the mini can probably carry a lot more weight. Gernot -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
On Sunday, March 17, 2013 5:28:17 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: I recently bought an almost new Saluki, advertised on this site. There should have been a bidding war for this bike, but that's another question. This bike is drop dead gorgeous and I am looking forward to the end of Mud Season here in Vermont to take it out on the road. Meanwhile I have been working on a few, unfortunately, necessary changes. The stem / TT combination is too long for me and unfortunately had to be changed out from a beautiful Nitto Pearl. That went straight forward. But the brake rack combination has created some perplexity. The bike came with a pair of Tektro brakes, identical to the ones RIV sells, except a high polish finish; and a VO rack Michael - This might be too late, but is this what you had in mind? file://localhost/Users/philbickford/Desktop/Saluki%20Frt%201.jpg Phil B -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
Thanks Phil, but I can't open that link. I'm currently finishing up a big home improvement project then expecting to be away for two weeks, so not moving forward on bike projects with any speed. For now I have implemented the spacer solution. When I return from vacation I will offer my Ebisu for sale with a small Nitto rack. If it doesn't sell as a whole i will break it up into pieces, put the nitto on the saluki and sell the VO rack. I'll also be selling my '83 Trek 620. Michael On Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:59:49 PM UTC-4, Phil Bickford wrote: On Sunday, March 17, 2013 5:28:17 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: I recently bought an almost new Saluki, advertised on this site. There should have been a bidding war for this bike, but that's another question. This bike is drop dead gorgeous and I am looking forward to the end of Mud Season here in Vermont to take it out on the road. Meanwhile I have been working on a few, unfortunately, necessary changes. The stem / TT combination is too long for me and unfortunately had to be changed out from a beautiful Nitto Pearl. That went straight forward. But the brake rack combination has created some perplexity. The bike came with a pair of Tektro brakes, identical to the ones RIV sells, except a high polish finish; and a VO rack Michael - This might be too late, but is this what you had in mind? file://localhost/Users/philbickford/Desktop/Saluki%20Frt%201.jpg Phil B -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
How about this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/55586106@N00/8579018658/in/photostream -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
Michael, sorry I can't help, but you've helped me. I have the same brakes and rack on my daughter's bike. I don't like the Tektros much, because they seem to require too much attention - they have to be adjusted every time the weather changes. I was thinking about the Pauls, but you've convinced me to live with the adjustments. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
It would be cool if you could get the canti-post struts separately so you could run a Mark's Rack with the canti-post mounting, but still had adjustable struts so you could accommodate high-stack brakes, like the Pauls. Unfortunately, it looks like you can only buy those struts in 70mm an 120mm lengths, which is not going to be long enough. That would have been a slick setup. http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=7978 On Sunday, March 17, 2013 8:25:33 PM UTC-7, William wrote: I would advise ditching the Paul brakes. The Tektros are fine and will play nice with the rack. If you have mid fork braze ons so that a Nitto Mini Front would fit, then that could present an option, but an M12 won't be any better on Paul brakes than that VO is. Paul has way too much stack up. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
Thanks for all the help; it both clarified the issues and lifted me out of a stuck place. I had thought about the spacer solution, but living out in the boonies I thought tracking down an M5x35 allen head bolt and a 20 mm spacer seemed unlikely. As luck would have it, I had to go into town ( 45 miles round trip) today and much to my surprise Sticks and Stuff actually had the parts I needed! Jetising the Paul's was never really an option, one because they are the easiest cantis to set up and live with ever and two because I owe them my life, literally. (Stopped alive in front of the dreaded right hook.) Anyway almost all my bikes have Paul's brakes - the Ram has Racer Ms and the tandem studed Racers. Only my old racing bike has Chorus, and my wife's has Superbe. Anyway things are back together, but I am still wondering if I wouldn't be better off swapping the rack with the Nitto Mini ( I misspoke when I wrote M12) which is now on the Ebisu I am preparing for sale. One bolts to the fork and one to the brake. Michael On Monday, March 18, 2013 2:06:56 PM UTC-4, William wrote: It would be cool if you could get the canti-post struts separately so you could run a Mark's Rack with the canti-post mounting, but still had adjustable struts so you could accommodate high-stack brakes, like the Pauls. Unfortunately, it looks like you can only buy those struts in 70mm an 120mm lengths, which is not going to be long enough. That would have been a slick setup. http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=7978 On Sunday, March 17, 2013 8:25:33 PM UTC-7, William wrote: I would advise ditching the Paul brakes. The Tektros are fine and will play nice with the rack. If you have mid fork braze ons so that a Nitto Mini Front would fit, then that could present an option, but an M12 won't be any better on Paul brakes than that VO is. Paul has way too much stack up. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
Oh, yes! If your 'luki has the mid-fork braze-ons and you have a Nitto Mini rack already, absolutely go that route. On Monday, March 18, 2013 3:24:50 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: Thanks for all the help; it both clarified the issues and lifted me out of a stuck place. I had thought about the spacer solution, but living out in the boonies I thought tracking down an M5x35 allen head bolt and a 20 mm spacer seemed unlikely. As luck would have it, I had to go into town ( 45 miles round trip) today and much to my surprise Sticks and Stuff actually had the parts I needed! Jetising the Paul's was never really an option, one because they are the easiest cantis to set up and live with ever and two because I owe them my life, literally. (Stopped alive in front of the dreaded right hook.) Anyway almost all my bikes have Paul's brakes - the Ram has Racer Ms and the tandem studed Racers. Only my old racing bike has Chorus, and my wife's has Superbe. Anyway things are back together, but I am still wondering if I wouldn't be better off swapping the rack with the Nitto Mini ( I misspoke when I wrote M12) which is now on the Ebisu I am preparing for sale. One bolts to the fork and one to the brake. Michael On Monday, March 18, 2013 2:06:56 PM UTC-4, William wrote: It would be cool if you could get the canti-post struts separately so you could run a Mark's Rack with the canti-post mounting, but still had adjustable struts so you could accommodate high-stack brakes, like the Pauls. Unfortunately, it looks like you can only buy those struts in 70mm an 120mm lengths, which is not going to be long enough. That would have been a slick setup. http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=7978 On Sunday, March 17, 2013 8:25:33 PM UTC-7, William wrote: I would advise ditching the Paul brakes. The Tektros are fine and will play nice with the rack. If you have mid fork braze ons so that a Nitto Mini Front would fit, then that could present an option, but an M12 won't be any better on Paul brakes than that VO is. Paul has way too much stack up. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question
I tend to fall in the if it ain't broke, don't fix it camp. I would keep the Tektros and put the Pauls on something else. On Sunday, March 17, 2013 5:28:17 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: I recently bought an almost new Saluki, advertised on this site. There should have been a bidding war for this bike, but that's another question. This bike is drop dead gorgeous and I am looking forward to the end of Mud Season here in Vermont to take it out on the road. Meanwhile I have been working on a few, unfortunately, necessary changes. The stem / TT combination is too long for me and unfortunately had to be changed out from a beautiful Nitto Pearl. That went straight forward. But the brake rack combination has created some perplexity. The bike came with a pair of Tektro brakes, identical to the ones RIV sells, except a high polish finish; and a VO rack ( http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/racks-decaleurs/racks/pass-hunter-front-rack-with-integrated-decaleur.html) which mounts through the canti brakes. It also has a set of VO AL fenders which are bolted to the fenders. I wanted to swap the brakes for my Neo Retros, which first required a new mounting bolt, which I obtained from Pauls. But when I mounted them on the bile I found that the rack no longer mated with the fender. Apparently the Paul bolt is beefier and longer than the VO version. As a result the rack sits about an inch or more above the fenders. This presents me with some options A: Can I bend the rack to fit? This doesn't look easy. B: Ignore the problem and the connection between the rack and front fender. C: Sell the rack and use an M12 mounted to the fork braise ons, which will probably create a different contact point on the fender. D: Abandon the Pauls brakes. Help wanted. Michael -- 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.
