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those are the brakes I have.
If you have Allen key brakes, fit the front one on the back with a nut and drill the back of the fork crown to 8mm so you can fit the rear brake at the front with an extra long tube nut
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Thanks for buying the cage. Looks great on your frame. Would it be alright if I use your photos on my IG?
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@vthejk
About 80% of the components and gubbins are here, which means I only have to press the headset/crown race on properly, and the wheels arrive before I have a rideable bike.
The brakes, predictably especially going off past comments on this forum, don’t fit as the crown race/rear bridge drilling is too narrow for the nut. I reckon another 0.8mm wider and I’ll be able to fit modern Tektro long-drops on, which is preferable both because then it’ll fit 700C wheels (instead of 27”) and more importantly, because those are the brakes I have.
There was some discussion for and against drilling out brake holes a while ago, what’s the consensus? Drill it out or try and find a solution that fits?
EDIT: I’m not being lazy, I did scroll to the previous page to see what you all say, but I don’t think that’s an ideal solution.
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