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.
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
Ah so that’s what that meant! Thank you, I didn’t think that was a viable solution at the time.
Is there a reason why you simply wouldn’t just drill both front and rear out to 8mm, though? I reckon there’s enough metal on the rear brake bridge at any rate.
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.