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Originally Posted by weisan
Thanks for contributing to this discussion, I was hoping you would.  That was very helpful especially with the closeup pictures. I was leaning in the direction that you did and you confirmed my hunch. I have the Satelite fork as well so maybe I will swap it out and give it a try. |
I was thinking that I needed to post a follow-up, and your post is a good stimulus.
Having that Bontrager fork is the only thing that made me decide to pursue this conversion. It wasn't going to work with the stock fork. If you have the Satelite fork I'd say go for it!. I'll keep you posted on the bmx u-brake experiment. I have the 990 plate, and the brake is in the mail...
But for anyone else I would say that unless you have almost everything you need to complete a 650b conversion on a cantilever rim brake bike that you should just forget it and go out and buy or build a disc brake 650B machine with mountain bike wheels. It's easier, it's not much more expensive, and ultimately you will have a better bike.
Ed.