Jerry Moos asked:
>Anyone ever installed 650B wheels on a bike designed fot 27"? I'm
>looking at a tandem which is very attractive except that the
>standover height is 1/2" to 1" too high with 27" wheels. 700C
>wheels will only lower it 4mm, so I'm considering 650B. That should
>lower it nearly an inch, but will the rims then be too low for the
>brake pads? (It has MAFAC cantilevers). Anyone ever done this?
Just finished one up tonight, I had a pair of DiaCompe 750's but they were still too short for the rear. I had to make a Sheldon drop bolt, see <http://sheldonbrown.com/home-drop.html>.
Roy "shouldn't this be on the ibob list?" Drinkwater Lititz, PA