I've installed those brakes on a mid-80's Bianchi with 27-1/4 tires. As you wrote, there is a lot of metal showing. But the brakes work fine and in my opinion are attractive.
On Jun 2, 1:09 pm, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Okay. I've selected the VO fenders. Measuring them against my existing brakes > it will be an EXTREMELY tight fit. I may be compelled to switch over to > center-pull brakes, not my favorite in terms of on-the-fly adjustment. So far > all I've been able to snag around here are a pair of the long-reach Dia-Compe > 750's, which I guess will work (though the pads will sit high and there will > be a LOT of metal underneath). > > I don't have the budget to add braze-ons to my ten-year-old frame (for > center-pulls OR cantis). Has anyone used these without brazing to the frame? > Are they any better than the center-pulls of my youth? Is there another > option which would work better in a similar price range? (Finding these used > has gotten much harder since folks began doing 650b conversions with them...) > Thanks --Beth > > http://bikelovejones.livejournal.com > > http://veloquent.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
