The brakes I'm looking at cover 79-99 mm, at least according to Amazon's
description. I need about 89mm reach so they should work. Amazon lists
models 324 and 326 on a search, but the model isn't in the description of
the brake I've ordered. Thanks for the offer on the brake, I may contact
On Friday, September 5, 2014 5:47:05 AM UTC+2, Peter Adler wrote:
The specific model is Tektro C324, with 98-116mm reach. If you decide to
get more, you might want to call Rivendell; they had a case at the sale,
and as near as I can tell, I was the only one who bought a set. They might
be
The specific model is Tektro C324, with 98-116mm reach. If you decide to
get more, you might want to call Rivendell; they had a case at the sale,
and as near as I can tell, I was the only one who bought a set. They might
be grateful to sell another.
Or you could get back to me; I'm assuming
SOOO strange you should mention those huge beach cruiser Tektros. I had
just ordered a front one from Amazon to try a 27 to 26 conversion after
popping a front rim/tire on the 420 and thinking why not?. It looks
like it'll work great and let me put on fatter tires than I could with 700c
or
I'm attempting a similar 27-to-650b conversion at the moment, with Silvers
on a 1972 Raleigh Super Course. Early indications are that 700c is fine,
but there may not be enough reach to make it out to 650b. As for the nutted
brakes: I picked up my recessed Silvers at a Riv garage sale a couple
I don't have fenders on my Trek 620 but could fit them around the 38mm pari
mottos. I don't think it would work with 41s though. The chain stays are
too close. Also those bikes have horizontal drop outs so you would want
that spring mount that VO sells.
Michael
On Thursday, August 28, 2014
My Riv Road has very similar clearance to steel Treks and other classic
sport touring bikes (on purpose). With a 650b conversion, the limit became
the width of the chain stays and fork legs, not the height. I have plenty
of extra height for fenders above 650x38b tires, but no width clearance for
I don't know about the 650b compatibility but I will say that in my opinion
if you're a heavier rider it is a waste of time to build a wheel around a
freewheel hub. They are by design much weaker than a 130 cassette hub. I
weigh 240 and have killed more than a few freewheel hubs by breaking the
I bought a 1985 Trek 400 earlier this year, and it has become my favorite
bike. It looked unused, with just a few marks on the paint from where it
was moved around in the garage over the years. According to the 1985 Trek
brochure, geometry for the 400 and 420 are the same, and the tubing set is
Thanks to everyone SO much for all the helpful info. I never considered
that I might be tire height limited with 700c. Guess I'll pursue 650b
wheels and see how bigga tires I can squeeze in. My 420 is the 24 frame
size so hopefully I can go a little bigger than 38mm. Will post before and
With a steel frame, you don't really need to cold-set the frame from 126mm
to 130mm. My wife recently acquired a 1983 Trek 500 and we modernized the
parts and use 130mm OLD ultegra/A23 700c wheels. The frame has 126mm but a
gentle tug east-west of the drop-out allows me to pull the rear wheel
New nutted brakes are not difficult to find. Don't drill the frame.
On Aug 28, 2014 7:12 PM, franklyn sini...@msn.com wrote:
With a steel frame, you don't really need to cold-set the frame from 126mm
to 130mm. My wife recently acquired a 1983 Trek 500 and we modernized the
parts and use 130mm
I have a 1984 Trek 620,which I bought after selling a1983 Trek 620. The 84
model was specd with 27 wheels and canti brakes set just at 57 mm drop. I
first converted to 700C and found that I could barely fit a 30 mm tire
(actual) and fenders. I ground out some metal at the bottom of the crown
This really makes me ponder converting my Trek to 650B. Man, I was so close
to having one wheel size for my bikes!
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a 1984 Trek 620,which I bought after selling a1983 Trek 620. The
84 model was specd with 27
I converted a 1984 Trek 500 to from 27 to 650 a few years ago. Was able to
fit 650 x 38 tires, I don't think I would have had clearance for anything
larger. I believe that was also a 126mm hub and I had no problem sliding a
130mm hub in there. There was just enough reach on the brakes with the
Were you able to fit fenders with those 650 x 38 tires?
On Aug 28, 2014, at 11:03 PM, DS davecst...@gmail.com wrote:
I converted a 1984 Trek 500 to from 27 to 650 a few years ago. Was able to
fit 650 x 38 tires, I don't think I would have had clearance for anything
larger. I believe that
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