|   Can you install 700cc rims on a 27 1/4" bike? | Newtime
Dec 21, 2003 2:31 PM | | Mainly looking for cross tires but I don't see any for 27 1/4". Wondering if a new wheelset will be the better way to go... |
| Never say never. | Mike T.
Dec 22, 2003 4:26 AM | | The bike isn't 27 1/4" unless you're 7' 6" tall. The tires on the wheels you have are 27x1-1/4". Oh the wheels will fit the frame ok but the problem you will have is getting the brakes pads to contact the rim. 700c rims are a smaller diameter.
You could get cantilever brake bosses welded to the frame if it's steel. |
| re: Can you install 700cc rims on a 27 1/4" bike? | DT
Dec 23, 2003 9:17 AM | | Actually there are cross tires for 27" wheeled bikes. I run the Tioga Bloodhounds currently - http://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=30&SKU=TR7014
That's a lot cheaper than purchasing 700c wheels and then possibly having to also buy longer reach brakes.
DT |
| worked for me with canti brakes. Sidepulls are hard, but... | Retro
Dec 23, 2003 10:54 AM | | I swapped from 27" to 700c on my Trek when I converted it to singlespeed for the same reason--I wanted to run cyclocross tires. I put them on just to see how far they'd miss, and there was enough adjustment in the canti brakes to make them work.
Most new sidepulls probably won't adjust that far down, but some older models had a longer "reach" (distance from the bolt to the pads) and might work. Don't know where you'd find the specifications, but Rivendell (www.rivbike.com) has a couple of models and might be able to answer questions. |
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