At 6/5/2005 10:58 PM -0400, Roy H. Drinkwater wrote:
>Jerry Moos asked:
>>Anyone ever installed 650B wheels on a bike designed fot 27"? I'm
>>looking at a tandem which is very attractive except that the standover
>>height is 1/2" to 1" too high with 27" wheels. 700C wheels will only
>>lower it 4mm, so I'm considering 650B. That should lower it nearly an
>>inch, but will the rims then be too low for the brake pads? (It has MAFAC
>>cantilevers). Anyone ever done this?
>
> Just finished one up tonight, I had a pair of DiaCompe 750's but
> they were still too short for the rear. I had to make a Sheldon drop
> bolt, see <http://sheldonbrown.com/home-drop.html>.
Might work, but the brake arms *may* foul the existing canti pivots.
Mark Stonich;
Minneapolis Minnesota
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