Another tyre clearance conundrum
Moderator: robbosmans
Another one of those tyre clearance questions…
My Legend Fedaia has Legend’s own AMD fork. I recently got a set of Enve tubulars with 35mm Vittoria’s. Now the tyre celars the fork okay, BUT the clearance to the brake caliper (Campag Chorus) is uncomfortably close. So much so that if I let the release go to open the calipers the caliper touches the tyre. Its probably not a massive deal, but things like that annoy me to no end, so my options are probably:
1) Change brake calipers (what alternatives do I have, as an admitted Campagnolophile)
2) Sell wheels (I probably don’t need them anyway)
My Legend Fedaia has Legend’s own AMD fork. I recently got a set of Enve tubulars with 35mm Vittoria’s. Now the tyre celars the fork okay, BUT the clearance to the brake caliper (Campag Chorus) is uncomfortably close. So much so that if I let the release go to open the calipers the caliper touches the tyre. Its probably not a massive deal, but things like that annoy me to no end, so my options are probably:
1) Change brake calipers (what alternatives do I have, as an admitted Campagnolophile)
2) Sell wheels (I probably don’t need them anyway)
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35mm tyres? Assume you mean 25mm, you could switch the tyres to tubs that come up a little smaller, not all 25mm tyres are actually 25mm
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If you add a star washer between the brake and fork you will gain clearance under the brake.
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