I wonder if the use of a set of Campy brake drop-bolts is needed? Have you tried this yet? Does anyone know if this will allow the use of short reach sidepulls on a Raleigh International frameset?
Regards, Steve Neago
Cincinnati, OH
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:10 PM Subject: RE: [CR]Convert Raleigh International to 650B?
To solve the brake reach problem, braze on some mafac cantilevers.
Chris Ioakimedes http://www.fattiretrading.com
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of raleypc@netscape.net Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:05 PM To: Doland.Cheung@sce.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: RE: [CR]Convert Raleigh International to 650B?
The only problems that I could of would be the following:
1. Brake Reach - Some Inters require long reach centerpulls with 700 tubulars, especially on the rear, so it may be a stretch with 650's.
2. Reduced Trail - Although I love my Inters, they are a bit twitchy. Shorter wheels will reduce trail and perhaps degrade the stability a bit.
On the positive side, most Inter's have fairly high BB's so they can handle smaller wheels for that aspect and in addition, the smaller wheels would reduce the propensity for toe clip overlap with fenders.
I say go for it!
Paul Raley
3 Inter's in Leonardtown MD
Doland.Cheung@sce.com wrote:
>My apologies to all if this post annoys anyone. I searched the
archives
>and couldn't find any info.
>
>Will the geometry of my Raleigh International cause problems if I
convert
>it to 650B? Would BB height be the only concern? Anybody try this
yet?
>
>I've been off the list for awhile now (few years), so I missed all the
fun
>650B discussion. I've been dying to try this conversion for years, but
>parts were a problem, so I wrote off the project completely. Now that
>Rivendell has dangled the carrot in front of me (and I'm trying to ride
>more), I'm willing to give it a try. My International is currently
set-up
>with 27" wheels and some big, fat beefy 27" Vittoria Phoenix tires.
The
>set-up is a bit heavy wheel-wise and tall for me as well. With my
small
>frame size, 700C wheels are a stretch, so 27" wheels just makes it
worse.
>Thus, I always figured this bike might be a good speciman for the
>conversion, plus it's already set-up for centerpulls. Don't really
want to
>convert to 700C since I've got plenty of those already. ;)
>
>I'm hoping that if the brake bridge/axle measurements work out, then I
can
>get some 650B wheels and Dia-Compe 750 centerpulls and be ready to go
so
>long as the geometry works out. Any would be great.
>
>Doland Cheung
>
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