Re: [CR]NOS Mafac Cantilevers eBay

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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:43:30 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]NOS Mafac Cantilevers eBay
In-Reply-To: <44493D05.8080407@new.rr.com>
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At 4/21/2006 03:13 PM -0500, John Thompson wrote:
>Mark Bulgier wrote:
>
> > Well its true that if the framebuilder put the posts on at the wrong
> > height, then you might wish for a height adjustment. I've never run
> > into that myself however ;)
>
>...or if you want to change from e.g. 27" rims to 700C rims.

4mm ain't no big thing. Here's a shot of my Taylor's front brakes. 27" wheel in a fork made for 700s. http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/Mafac700vs27.jpg No one has ever noticed the pads are angled up a bit, and they work just fine.

The bike is an '86. The frame has old Campi 1060 dropouts and the posts are spaced for 27" The fork has Suntour tips and is spaced for 700. Serial #s match. I assume by '86 they were building for 700s but didn't figure it was worth modifying the rear canti fixture.

Mark Stonich;
Minneapolis Minnesota
http://mnhpva.org
http://bikesmithdesign.com