The Racers open just enough to clear our 26x1.5 Marathon Racers, which are near the end of life. Those brakes have a 55mm opening at the top but I have managed to get 60 mm metal fenders under them by dropping them down a bit. I want to go to the Compass 1.75 tire w/out having to deflate the tires to remove the wheel. I think you are saying the Mini Ms will work but not as well as the Retros. I don't want to change levers as I really like my Tecktros.
Michael On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 8:49:16 PM UTC-4, Justin August wrote: > > I don't think that the Mini-Moto will gain you much clearance, > realistically. Mud clearance, yes. Stopping power, perhaps. For more > clearance you'd be better off with the Moto-lites or the more traditional > cantis. However, with the Moto-lites you'd have to get the correct pull > levers. > > I personally LOVE the Mini-Moto and if I got another bike with canti > posts, I'd use them in a heartbeat if they cleared the tires. I had them on > my SimpleOne and they cleared Nomad Resist 700x45 tires. No fenders, > probably could have fit with some rubbing of the wire. > > -J > > On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 5:08:14 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> I have decide to get our tandem repainted over the winter and as part of >> that am considering moving from the Paul's Racer (studded) brakes to either >> Mini Motos or Neo Retros. I want to increase brake clearance from the >> 38MM w/fenders of the ctr pulls, which otherwise are great brakes. I have >> lots of experience and love my Neo-Retros but no experience with V brakes. >> Can someone help me understand a bit about steup/stability of the >> mini-moto and the braking power vs either good CP or the neo retros? >> >> Braking on a tandem is rather different than a single. On the one hand >> you have twice the mass and on the other hand the rear wheel has much less >> tendency to lift and therefore more braking power. >> >> Thanks, Michael >> > -- 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.
