• Hey hey.
    Hopefully this is the best place to ask this question..

    I’ve got a bike I built as my partner’s runaround.
    It’s a 90s? Steel Ribble that I got without much info on it.

    I made some assumptions and built it up with 622 wheels / 700 x 25 tyres.
    She’s been riding it for a year or so, and it ticks the right boxes for her.

    But there’s an issue that the clearance on the rear brake bridge is much too tight. It’s a small frame, so I’m wondering if it was meant for 650b or similar.

    I think I should get someone like Varohna to raise it up slightly?
    But seems prudent to double check with the LFGSS hive first.

    Is this the right solution?
    Is it quite a simple and straightforward change?

    No grand issues with clearance elsewhere on the bike.

  • My partner has a Dave Hinde that has similar clearances, its just because its such a small frame (i think the smallest they did, the front lugs are touching on the headtube).
    I have plans to try 650b wheels and long drop brakes but haven't yet had the cash to build up some 650b rim brake wheels.

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