weinmann centre pull help

[Barnowl930]

Hi,I need some advice please. Ive got a 1979 Carlton Cyclone with Weinmann brakes. The front is a 610 and the rear a 750. All looks standard but the front brake blocks don't reach the rim exactly. Did they ever come with 750's on the front?

 

[mikeymustard]

There's a pic on this site that shows a late 70s Cyclone with 610 brakes, have the wheels on yours been swapped for 700c maybe?

 

[biggs682]

There's a pic on this site that shows a late 70s Cyclone with 610 brakes, have the wheels on yours been swapped for 700c maybe?

Sounds like they might well have been

 

[Barnowl930]

The wheels are the 27x 1 1/4.

 

[mikeymustard]

Several bikes came with 610 front and 750 rear and all the cyclones online (that I can see the front of) seem to have a few mill of adjustment left on their arms. Maybe your tyres are particularly deep or something, perhaps you should post a picture, then someone more familiar with these brakes might be able to see your problem

 

[midlife]

The wheels are the 27x 1 1/4.

That's odd, they should fit with those wheels.....

Shaun

 

[Barnowl930]

 

[Barnowl930]

 

[sidevalve]

TBH if the blocks are fully down and the wheel is fully up [seems a bit of a big gap 'tween tyre and fork maybe - check the spindle is 100% in place] then there's not much you can do - you need longer arms

 

[midlife]

That's odd, if everything is in place then it should fit. Where did the brakes come from? have they got Weinmann stamped on them, could be a Dia-Compe or Cherry clone.

Shaun

 

[Daddybus]

That is s yawning great gap... It does look just like a 700c wheel in a 27" fork... I see there's no weinmann sticker on the stirrup so can you be certain its a 610? Just a thought