I don't follow the beef with GP, but this is the procedure to get a front
Tektro 559 opened up as wide as possible without tools on a bike of that
type
1. Set the brake lever adjusting barrel and lockring as far in as possible
but with the cable exit slots all lined up with the exit slot in the
The tire should clear just fine without resorting to addition doohickeys or
pads Michael. It's make to clear wide road tires. I happened to run across
this video today, and his 559 caliper clears a 44mm Compass tires without
rubbing. https://youtu.be/vGnNkQJz-Fk?t=465
Again, your mtb brake leve
I was going to suggest thinner brake pads also. At some point, the brake
will only open so far and extra slack in the cable will not help. I run a
Tektro 559 on the rear of my Betty Foy and a Dia-Compe 610 center pull on
the front. I have a Dia-Compe Quick release hanger for the center pull on
The tire should clear just fine without resorting to addition doohickeys or
pads Michael. It's make to clear wide road tires. I happened to run across
this video today, and his 559 caliper clears a 44mm Compass tires without
rubbing. https://youtu.be/vGnNkQJz-Fk?t=465
Again, the brake levers do
Would a thinner brake pad help? Kool Stop make their excellent thin line
series.
On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 10:36:19 AM UTC-6 mhec...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm familiar with the adjuster on the lever and with cable splitters,
> since I have a coupled tandem (which I will be selling soon). The
I have this issue with my bikes, but I just assumed that this was an
inherent trade-off if I'm using any tire larger than 32 with caliper
brakes. Are there caliper brakes that open wider using the QR?
Greg
On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 9:36:19 AM UTC-7 mhec...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm familiar
I'm familiar with the adjuster on the lever and with cable splitters, since
I have a coupled tandem (which I will be selling soon). The cable splitter
won't work on the front brake since the housing runs from lever to caliper.
I'm not familiar with the Shimano in line QR. Looks interesting.
Tire deflation to simply remove the tire is not normal or even acceptable
by any means. Everyone knows this, lest there would be no cursing in even
contemplating it you know ? With calipers and mtb levers, use both to
loosen the cable tension since they both have the ability to. The levers
I can usually get my 1 1/2 in tire off w/out deflating it but I do pull
hard. Great idea to use the barrel adjuster too. Also I think the brake
has a little thing that adjusts too. But I generally don't need to remove
my wheels very often. I have Schwalbe Marathon Supremes so not many
flats
Shimano make an inline cable adjuster with quick
release
https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/ultegra-r8000/SM-CB90.html
Alternatively cable splitters would work, but they would not allow tool
free wheel removal
https://www.ticycles.com/components/da-vinci-cable-splitters
IanA Al
You can set your brake up so the normal riding adjustment has the caliper
barrel adjuster decently 'out' or unscrewed. Open brake QR, screw barrel
adjuster 'in' to gain some clearance, then remove wheel, repeat for
re-install. You'll have to try it out and see if it provides enough
clearance fo
The Betty was originally designed as a droptube road bike, there isn't much
you can do about the road brakes restricting fat-tire removal but deflate
the tire. Heck I have this problem on my droptube custom with v-brakes
because I spec'd a narrowish road fork..fat tires like lots of clearance!
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