On Dec 16, 10:34 am, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:21, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 16, 9:35 am, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
A while back, I was told by someone at Riv, that they were going to
order a few of the separate
On Dec 18, 2009, at 14:19, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 16, 10:34 am, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:21, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 16, 9:35 am, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
A while back, I was told by someone
I've been through this nonsense. I bought a cheap front Tektro brake
and stole the bolt from it. I put that on the rear, and then I
drilled out the front fork to accept a recessed allen.
I also tried that rear-on-front trick, and I don't recommend it. The
brake wiggled itself loose after a few
Thanks, I'm inclined at this point, to take that path of least
resistance and use the V-O nutted Tektro R556 brake set. I guess
Rivendell (from a conversation that I recently had with one of their
folks) has no plans to supply a nutted version of the Silver brake.
This is due to the minimum order
On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Jim Cloud wrote:
I'm glad to find someone who has actually used the approach of
replacing the center pivot bolt. I'd like to know how difficult it
was to install the pivot bolt on the Tektro R556, did it require a
considerable amount of effort to dismantle the
On Dec 16, 9:35 am, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
A while back, I was told by someone at Riv, that they were going to
order a few of the separate bolts, so folks could do their own
conversions. I'm guessing that never happened?
Well, if you;re going to pull the mounting stud why
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:21, Phil Brown philcyc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 16, 9:35 am, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
A while back, I was told by someone at Riv, that they were going to
order a few of the separate bolts, so folks could do their own
conversions. I'm guessing that
Actually, since the OP just wants a nutted Silver branded model, you
could buy the Nutted set from VO and just swap out the caliper arm
that has the logo. A little easier that swapping the wierd bolt and
you'd still end up with a leftover Allen R556 set.
Personally, I just use Sheldon's
And if you're in the bay area, Box Dog Bikes in SF sells these nutted
brakes at a better price than VO does ($20 cheaper IIRC).
-nathan
On Dec 16, 2009, at 8:57 AM, William Henderson william.c.hender...@gmail.com
wrote:
I've been through this nonsense. I bought a cheap front Tektro brake
I was just looking at the website for Box Dog Bikes. It was
interesting that they stock Gillette Berthoud (I think that must be
Gilles Berthoud's evil twin).
Jim
On Dec 16, 12:57 pm, nathan spindel nath...@gmail.com wrote:
And if you're in the bay area, Box Dog Bikes in SF sells these
On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:52, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com wrote:
I believe that the Rivendell Silver model of the Tektro R556 is
finished to a higher quality than the standard model, they also
include the extras of KoolStop brake pads.
I own two pair of Silver Brakes and several R556 sets and
On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 12:15 -0800, Jim Cloud wrote:
I was just looking at the website for Box Dog Bikes. It was
interesting that they stock Gillette Berthoud (I think that must be
Gilles Berthoud's evil twin).
Gilles' smarter brother, the one sharp as a razor.
--
You received this
On Dec 15, 9:41 am, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com wrote:
Has anyone in this group had experience converting the Rivendell
Silver brake to a nutted mounting? I've found one reference on a
Google search for the 650B internet list group that indicated it was
possible to swap out the center pivot
Thanks for your suggestion Phil. I'd seen this on some blog as a
possible solution. I'm not really certain that this method, however,
it as safe an approach as I'd like. It seems to me that the brake
would not have as much rigidity as would be needed under hard braking.
Jim
On Dec 15, 11:05
I'm glad to find someone who has actually used the approach of
replacing the center pivot bolt. I'd like to know how difficult it
was to install the pivot bolt on the Tektro R556, did it require a
considerable amount of effort to dismantle the brake assemby? Or is
this a rather easy Sunday
I've used this front/rear-switcharoo technique before, but also had a
similar concern about the rigidity. The trick I used was:
- clamp one of the recessed bolts in vice
- drill-out the allen-head end
- hold it in place from below the crown using a needle nose plier
- spin the rear-brake down
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