Originally Posted by
Cynikal
The sport 1000's had a very relaxed geometry (for a road bike) with a long wheel base. It was an entry level,lower end Suntour equipt bike.
The conversion form 27's to 700 would drop your rim size by 8mm. Increasing the needed reach of your brakes by 4mm. Also, the tires for 27's are larger so you may see an overall drop of 14mm (this depends on many variables)
Thanks Cynikal. So in my head, relaxed geometry = lower bottom bracket (among other things). It looks like I have enough adjustment room on the calipers to drop my brakes 4mm (have to measure). BUT, half an inch is a pretty big overall drop.
I'm just worried that in a few years it'll be impossible to find 27" tires and the wheels that I invest in will become a bunch of junk.