What rims will fit my old frame? -700C? 27"?
I am building up a 45 year-old handmade British frame, and am trying to figure out what my (clincher) rim options are. The frame may have originally had 27" rims fitted to it. Also, the tires I want to mount are actually more readily available for 27" rims than for 700Cs.
I measured from the (theoretical) center of the front hub spindle to the point inside the fork legs where the tire would be likely to hit, and it's 13.5". Likewise, I measured from the (theoretical) center of the rear spindle at the forwardmost point (they're track dropouts), and again, 13.5". I've read quite a few guides to wheel-fitting, but have never managed to get a solid sense of what is what (thanks, rim manufacturers, with your illogical sizing!) It's my understanding that 700c rims are 8mm larger in diameter than 27" rims. Is that correct? Am I correct in thinking that 700Cs might not even fit the frame? Thanks in advance! |
700c rims are actually 8mm smaller in diameter than 27". Their ISO diameter sizes are respectively 700c = ISO 622 mm and 27" = ISO 630 mm. Switching from 27" rims to 700c requires lowering the brake shoes by 4mm and conversely, going from 700c to 27" requires raising the brake blocks by 4mm
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Originally Posted by HillRider
(Post 22941160)
700c rims are actually 8mm smaller in diameter than 27". Their ISO diameter sizes are respectively 700c = ISO 622 mm and 27" = ISO 630 mm. Switching from 27" rims to 700c requires lowering the brake shoes by 4mm and conversely, going from 700c to 27" requires raising the brake blocks by 4mm
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Got any spare wheels? That’d be a faster way to find out what’ll fit.
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remember it's not only a matter of what rims will fit but what brakes you'll use and will they reach
on an older bike that was built for 27" rims, if you run 700s you may not have enough brake reach /markp |
Originally Posted by rch427
(Post 22941150)
the tires I want to mount are actually more readily available for 27" rims than for 700c.
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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
(Post 22941187)
Got any spare wheels? That’d be a faster way to find out what’ll fit.
"On paper", a 27x1-1/4" tire is 27.3" diameter. it might be a 26" bike? |
Maybe if you measure from the fork ends to the mount hole in the head tube for the brakes or the dropout about where the wheel will sit to the brake bridge, you can figure out what wheel it is intended for. This might help you figure it out...
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...bfb310abca.png Shimano Framebuilder Info - Pvdwiki The measurement might not match exactly as there aren't any strict rules for where one puts them. It's a bicycle. And for most purposes close enough was all that counts. A few frame builders might actually acknowledge that. Even if it measured for a 27" wheel, I'd put a 700C on it and just find some long reach brakes if normal reach brakes don't have enough adjust for pad position or are too weak to give sufficient stopping power because the pads are furthest out in their mounts. 700C wheels and tires are more plentiful and still widely used. 27" wheels and tires have long since been gone and what is marketed today is old tech just to supply the demand for replacement parts of old bikes. Little new technology gets implemented into them. And for the most part, only the more cost effective for manufacturing versions still survive for marketing today. In other words, the cheap stuff. |
Originally Posted by masi61
(Post 22941166)
+1 to this. rch427 could you comment on what type of brakes you will be using. Whether you can easily fit 700c wheels or not is dependent on your answer.
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
(Post 22941274)
:foo: 99.99567 percent of the time, it's the other way around.
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Originally Posted by mpetry912
(Post 22941192)
remember it's not only a matter of what rims will fit but what brakes you'll use and will they reach
on an older bike that was built for 27" rims, if you run 700s you may not have enough brake reach /markp |
Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun
(Post 22941296)
You'd expect somebody "building a bike up" would have some spare wheels laying around. Even if installed on their other bikes.
"On paper", a 27x1-1/4" tire is 27.3" diameter. it might be a 26" bike? |
"Little new technology gets implemented into them"
Thank the gods of Valhalla! (or wherever) The last thing I want near my bikes is new technology! I'm old and my frames are old, so my components are suitably old. Hell, my Gnome et Rhone (c. 1947) has wooden rims. So... |
Originally Posted by HillRider
(Post 22941160)
700c rims are actually 8mm smaller in diameter than 27". Their ISO diameter sizes are respectively 700c = ISO 622 mm and 27" = ISO 630 mm.
Thanks for pointing that out. |
Originally Posted by rch427
(Post 22941150)
I am building up a 45 year-old handmade British frame, and am trying to figure out what my (clincher) rim options are. The frame may have originally had 27" rims fitted to it. Also, the tires I want to mount are actually more readily available for 27" rims than for 700Cs.
I measured from the (theoretical) center of the front hub spindle to the point inside the fork legs where the tire would be likely to hit, and it's 13.5". Likewise, I measured from the (theoretical) center of the rear spindle at the forwardmost point (they're track dropouts), and again, 13.5". I've read quite a few guides to wheel-fitting, but have never managed to get a solid sense of what is what (thanks, rim manufacturers, with your illogical sizing!) It's my understanding that 700c rims are 8mm larger in diameter than 27" rims. Is that correct? Am I correct in thinking that 700Cs might not even fit the frame? Thanks in advance! |
Originally Posted by rch427
(Post 22942467)
"Little new technology gets implemented into them"
Thank the gods of Valhalla! (or wherever) The last thing I want near my bikes is new technology! I'm old and my frames are old, so my components are suitably old. Hell, my Gnome et Rhone (c. 1947) has wooden rims. So... |
You can get Panaracer Ribmos in white and 700x28C, if that helps: https://www.amazon.com/Panaracer-8W7...dp/B0056CB3PI/
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Originally Posted by rch427
(Post 22942465)
Sorry, I should've mentioned that I don't use caliper brakes. Drum brakes in the front, back-pedal brakes in the rear. Sounds "low performance", but on SF's streets, and Eroicas, they work fine for me.
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Originally Posted by rch427
(Post 22941150)
I am building up a 45 year-old handmade British frame, and am trying to figure out what my (clincher) rim options are. The frame may have originally had 27" rims fitted to it
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Originally Posted by rch427
(Post 22942466)
All of my bikes are set-up with drum brakes in the front and geared hubs (with backpedal brakes) in the rear, so alas, it's not like I can just throw a QR lever and swap wheels to test for fitting. That would be too easy!
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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
(Post 22942763)
What's the issue? It's not like you need to attach the reaction arm (or tighten axle nuts) in order to put a wheel in the frame for checking tire clearance. :foo:
Also, since tires have different profiles, I'd be dealing with the vagaries of those when swapping from another bike, rather than having an understanding of the underlying principles (which is to say, the actual diameters), which I have never understood. For most of my bikes, I have been able to re-used the rims that I got them with, and for some of the others (like the G&R), rim size selection was easy (650B) because there was no alternative that would fit. Live and/or learn. |
Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
(Post 22942657)
You can get Panaracer Ribmos in white and 700x28C, if that helps: https://www.amazon.com/Panaracer-8W7...dp/B0056CB3PI/
Yes, I have the white Panaracers on my DeRosa, and am pretty happy with them. They're a bit soft, which is good for grip, although they wear kind of quickly. But at <$20 a pop, that's not a big deal. Thanks |
Originally Posted by grumpus
(Post 22942632)
The only common(ish) size larger than 27" at 630 mm is British 28" x 1-1/2" at 635 mm, as used on big old roadsters, still made in India I think. Regular European "28 x 1-5/8 x 1-3/8" and mountain bike "29 x 2.2" etc. are alternative terms for 700C at 622 mm, so 4 mm smaller on the radius than 27", needs an extra 4 mm reach on the brakes. The recent use of 27-1/2 inch or 27.5 to refer to 650B mountain bike tyres is perhaps confusing, they are 584 mm so smaller than 27". However 27" x 1-1/4" overall diameter is 694 mm (630 + 2 * 1.25 * 25.4) and 650B with a 2.35" tyre is 703 mm (584 + 2 * 2.35 x 25.4) so it kind of makes sense, although those are both larger than 27 actual inches which is 686 mm. When in doubt always use the ISO (formerly ETRTO) size definition which is the actual dimension in millimetres.
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