Re: [CR]: 27" to 700c...now with canti brakes?

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From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:16:40 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]: 27" to 700c...now with canti brakes?
To: pjourdain@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/31/2005 9:50:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, pjourdain@yahoo.com writes:

<< Before I go to the trouble of having the wheels built, how difficult will it be to adjust the canti brakes to strike the rim properly? >>

Borrow some 700c wheels and try it first! Theory is great but practical testing trumps it all. Some cantis are not very tolerant of wheel diameter changes.....

Dale Brown,
Greensboro, NC USA