I know that a 42 Hetre won't clear. I'll throw a 38 and a 34-ish tire in to check next week. Bike is in the shop right now getting the steerer tube cut.
Dan > On Aug 30, 2014, at 9:17 AM, BSWP <ashtab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm considering Racer braze-on long reach brakes on a new frame... can anyone > else with experience of these brakes comment on maximum tire width that will > easily slip past the brake pads, when the straddle cable is removed, so > wheels can be removed/installed without deflating tires? Thanks. > > - Andrew, Berkeley > >> On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:58:04 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: >> those are the bolted on version, the brazed on Paul Racers are the best rim >> brake I've ever used for both modulation and stopping power. There is some >> tire size max, about 42 mm, to get the tire to fit past the pads. They are >> a bit clunky in the looks dept., especially the anodized version. I've got >> Neo-retro canti's on my new bike, and they stop very well but the modulation >> is not nearly as good as the brazed-on Racers. Silvers are not even close >> to the brazed on version. >> >> ~mike > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
