Ouch. Been there. Done that. Good news, lived to tell about it. Glad you
are OK. BTW, this mistake can be made with any brake; I did it with Racer
Ms. There's no substitute for paying attention.
Michael
On Monday, September 9, 2013 4:58:47 PM UTC-4, Tim Gavin wrote:
>
> I recently conver
At the shop we used to call that "black line of death" when the brakepad
rubs a hole in the sidewall of a tire
On Monday, September 9, 2013 1:58:47 PM UTC-7, Tim Gavin wrote:
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> I recently converted my Rivendell Road to 650B and equipped it with 38mm
> Grand Bois Lierres (Hetres won't fit betwe
I'm eking out every bit of reach in my 650b conversion and have to
watch the pad carefully. It looks like it might start rubbing the
tire when the pad wears down to a point!!? However, I decided
(sometime soon) to replace the rear brake with a DiaCompe centerpull,
which may have a bit more reach.
PM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Grand Bois tire mishap -- user error
I'm eking out every bit of reach in my 650b conversion and have to watch the
pad carefully. It looks like it might start rubbing the tire when the pad
wears down to a point!!? However,
I have Tektro R559 right now and am going to the Dia-Compe 750. I
think even the 2 mm extra reach from the Dia-Compe will allow the
brake pads to clear the rim so that even when they wear down, they
won't destroy my tire (or at least I won't have to worry about it)!
I'm gonna have the Frankenbeast
