Re: [CR]bushing to re-convert recessed-mount brake frames back to nutted?

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:27:16 -0600
From: "Mitch Harris" <mitch.harris@gmail.com>
To: "randy dugan" <rsdugan@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]bushing to re-convert recessed-mount brake frames back to nutted?
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See if your LBS has adaptors for presta valves in schraeder rims. The longer cylindrical ones with a flange on one end slide right into recessed brake holes and accept a brake centerbolt.

Mitch Harris Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:10 PM, randy dugan <rsdugan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> recently purchased a condor frame and fork that someone drilled to take recessed-mount brakes.
>
> does anyone know of an off-the-shelf bushing to take up the slack between the brake bolt and the enlarged hole so i can use nutted brakes on this frame?
>
> or is there some other way of dealing with this?
>
> thanks,
> randy dugan
> van nuys, ca usa