Originally Posted by
Standalone
Some relevant photos of my (I think) '84 620. They may or may not be useful to you. Just to try out CX, I built and raced this in a local CX race. The course was pretty serious, and the brakes worked great. The motor was the issue...
A vintage Trek 620 for CX - wicked awesome! I asked the question about using vintage steel for CX a few weeks ago and got mixed responses (
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...6#post15974176). Great to see someone work this out. What size tires are those? I see you are running a single speed too.
Originally Posted by
Standalone
Posted here are the photos I took while working out my own build. The Tektro Oryx are designed I think for a wider spacing between the canti studs. I got them to work eventually, and have older Shimano Altus style cantis on the front. The latter pictures are with a random steel 27" I had on hand while I waited to get my 27" ss wheels in.
Are you running 27"s? I imagine 700c's would be even harder/impossible to set up.
I'm running 700c's - I think this may be part of my problem. No vertical adjustment is possible with these Dia Compe brakes. I'll take a picture of my setup and post it tonight.
I appreciate all the suggestions and help!