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re:French bike / English thread question
In category Tech issues
Written by Phrantic

Sometime in the early '80s French bike manufacturers started switching to British thread and standard British tube diameters.

Here's my question: Is it safe to assume that a French bike with
English tube diameters (e.g., 28.6 mm vs. 28.0 mm DT) will also have
English threaded BB and headset?

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re:700 c on a Trek Touring bike designed for 27"
In category Tech issues
Written by onearmsteve7

Does anyone know of a cantilever brake that has a lot of vertical adjustment? As an experiment, I took a 700c wheel with a 700 x38 tire (too wide for the frame), and one of the cantilever arms from my Klunker Mountain bike.

It almost fit. The brake pads would probably have to be changed to a narrower model, but it would be ideal to be able to find a unit which allows more centering. I just purcha

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