If you can tolerate non-Shimano brake levers (just mask or steel wool-off the branding!), any brake levers with the quick-release at the levers (ala Campagnolo Ergopowers) can double-up the brake opening to allow fatter tires on narrower rims to pass through without deflating. My Record Ergopowers operating Shimano BR-R650 brakes have enough space to let out Challenge PRs on Aerohead rims when both QRs are engaged.
Example: http://www.tektro.com/_english/01_products/01_prodetail.php?pid=67&sortname=Lever&sort=1&fid=3 On Saturday, June 8, 2013 12:21:13 PM UTC-7, bertin753 wrote: > > The Shimano AR550s on my Ram are great brakes, but they don't open wide > enough to let a 31 mm Parigi Roubaix through while inflated -- I popped a > brake shoe off yesterday (it was the old fashion kind with the aluminum > holder, so I just flared the sides, shoved it back in, and crimped them > shut -- all well again). > > I know Riv sells the Tektro 539s (11 mm increase vs. 4 mm) but (1) I don't > wanna pay $77 and (2) I want a pure Shi*mano bike. Aesthetics and > obsessions count, you know. > > Are there any mid-housing devices to allow more opening for brake arches? > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
