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 of years ago (missing the attachment fittings for the QRs, which I cannibalized off salvaged brakes from bike kitchens). At the last Riv garage sale in July, I found several pairs of huge Tektro sidepulls that Grant IDed as parts for some abandoned project; Tektro lists them for beach cruisers. Fortunately, they had nutted bolts, and Riv was selling them for $5/pair. The bolts were not easy to get out of the brakes, but they fit the Silvers just fine.
Peter in Berkeley On Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:12:13 PM UTC-7, franklyn wrote: > > Actually, the Silver/Tektro 559 might not work with 700c wheels, unless > the reach for 700c on the frameset is longer than 55mm. So you really need > to determine the wheel size first before selecting the brakes. Also, unless > you can score brakes that uses nut instead of recessed allen, you will have > to drill the frameset to use most recess-allen-equipped brake calipers. I > tend to use center-pull brakes for these conversions for easy and > inexpensive sourcing, as well as better braking power. > -- 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.
