HELP!
I'm a MTB'er building up my first roadbike (singlespeed!). I recently found an old 1980's era frame with horizontal dropouts... which is PERFECT. However, I'm having some issues getting the thing running brakes. It's currently running wolber 700 rims.
When I went and bought a set of used shimano 600 brakes figuring that they would replace the dia-compe n500's (?) that were on (front only). The Shimano 600's fail to fully engage the rims. About half of the brake pad is on the rim, and the other half is protruding above, into the area where the tire would be...
Is there some sort of spacer that would move the brake body lower... or a different set of pads? I've never played with road parts.... ahhhhhhhhhh
(and yes, the pads are moved all the way down in the brake arms...)
Thanks!
I almost think the rims aren't 700's... but they have 700 printed on them... so bleeeeech.
ciao!
I'm a MTB'er building up my first roadbike (singlespeed!). I recently found an old 1980's era frame with horizontal dropouts... which is PERFECT. However, I'm having some issues getting the thing running brakes. It's currently running wolber 700 rims.
When I went and bought a set of used shimano 600 brakes figuring that they would replace the dia-compe n500's (?) that were on (front only). The Shimano 600's fail to fully engage the rims. About half of the brake pad is on the rim, and the other half is protruding above, into the area where the tire would be...
Is there some sort of spacer that would move the brake body lower... or a different set of pads? I've never played with road parts.... ahhhhhhhhhh
(and yes, the pads are moved all the way down in the brake arms...)
Thanks!
I almost think the rims aren't 700's... but they have 700 printed on them... so bleeeeech.
ciao!