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Old 03-17-11 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox
Clearance between the chainstays is the first thing that comes to mind if you're planning for Hetres. Neal Lerner kindly measured his with a caliper to answer that question for me
So make sure you've got at least 40mm plus some breathing room between the chainstays at *about* 26-27 inches from the dropouts.
whoa, I don't think you meant inches. Or maybe you meant half of that?

So it turns out the issue wouldnt be the clearance between the chainstays but finding a brake caliper with about 80mm of reach. I'm not going to convert this frame to 650b but I might do a 700 conversion at some point and run wider tires.

I think the VO Polyvent is 20% off right now isnt it?

Huh.
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