I swapped wheels from 27" to 700c on my old bike and one issue was indeed the calliper arms not allowing the brake blocks to go low enough. I resolved this by using a needle file to file out the slot to give me an extra 4mm. Fortunately there was enough meat on the arms to accommodate this. Caveat: the brakes never worked that well after -possible because of the extra flex of the longer arms but I think more likely because I had also replaced the brake levers which might have had insufficient pull, or maybe weren't that good quality
Good work and yes; I suspect they were worse for the reasons you describe as well as the longer lever arms reducing mechanical advantage. Not an ideal solution, but then neither is attempting to source tyres for an increasingly obsolete wheel size..
Good work and yes; I suspect they were worse for the reasons you describe as well as the longer lever arms reducing mechanical advantage. Not an ideal solution, but then neither is attempting to source tyres for an increasingly obsolete wheel size..
Obsolete? You speak for yourself :-)
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That looks like a fine utility hack indeed; although I wince at the lack of mudguards
The furthest it goes is two miles out from home - and if it rains unexpectedly, I’m getting wet anyway ;-)
I have mudguards on the Galaxy, because when ‘touring’, rain or shine I’ll have to pedal.
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Mice bike. I do rather prefer the traditional horizontal cross-bar style, and likewise the old-style headset rather than the "improved" non-adjustable ones. (OK strictly speaking they can adjust but only downwards)