Originally Posted by
stevegor
Sixty Fiver,
With my non folding R20 I've inserted a length of tubing up into the bottom of the steerer, drilled and bolted it where the original brake bolt goes then drilled the tubing at the appropriate position to use a Shimano short reach road caliper with MTB pads, it works very well. The Aussie R20 mudguards are narrower than others so with a bit of fiddling I can use them with these brakes.
BTW, over at the singlespeed/fixed subforum I posted my 100 mile ride of my SS R20 and you mentioned you were thinking of doing a long ride on your fixed R20 or P20...how did it go?
Brilliant idea for a drop bolt !
The day of the ride was sunny and warm with 40km winds so I opted to take my geared touring bike which was most welcome on the ride back which was all done straight into the aforementioned wind.
The Twenty will see it's first century... I am presently building up a new wheelset for it as my swanky new front wheel went on my daughter's 20 inch Saffron and I have been wanting to build a new rear wheel for some time.
Thinking I may go with 451's for better performance and mebbe a new S3X hub to make it a 3 speed fixed... Sheldon Brown would have loved to see this new hub that many wanted to be named after him.