A few years ago when I inquired about Paul Racer braze-ons on a Hilsen I was told "no" by Riv due to fork/seatstay thickness issues. Since they have hinted at being willing to do cantis on Hilsen frames that seems to have changed. Perhaps they changed tubing specs or got similar tubing with less manufacturer restrictions. Perhaps now you could ask to have Paul or Compass braze-ons. Someone should check.
-Justin On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 11:51:14 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > On 04/05/2016 10:15 AM, William R. wrote: > > There are many more knowing members here who can correct me if I'm > > wrong... But, I'm fairly sure that none of the stock Rivs are > > compatible with the Compass centerpulls. > > Not without having a frame builder braze the posts on, no. > > > > With that said, I'm sure you could have any of the Waterford built > > Rivs: Hilsen, Roadeo and Atlantis (or a custom) built with the Compass > > centerpull posts in the position that they require to install the > > brakes. Riv would need to be willing to do it of course. > > I doubt very much you could get that kind of custom work on a stock > model like the Hilsen, Atlantis or Roadeo. Part of the economies of > scale that keep the prices on these stock frames below one-off customs > is the standardization and possibility of batch mode production, and no > way is that compatible with custom mounting of unique brake braze-ons. > However, any knowledgeable frame builder could do it. It would cost > you, though, because not only do you have to remove the old canti posts > and braze new ones on for the centerpull brakes, you also would have to > repaint the frame. > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
