Flo wheels on felt b16
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2015-05-23 8:55 PM |
Regular 132 Fishers, Indiana | Subject: Flo wheels on felt b16 I just bought some flo wheels used and went to put them on my 2011 felt b16. The wheels are too tight for the brake pads. Is there an easy fix for getting the wider rims to fit on my b16 or do I need new brake pads/brakes? Thanks for any input. |
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2015-05-23 9:12 PM in reply to: 0 |
Expert 1484 | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 Might depend more on the brakes than the bike. With wider rimmed wheels and SRAM 10sp RED brakes I've needed to remove the inner adjustment washer. They are slightly conical in shape and sits between the arm and pad holder. You'll lose some adjustment/alignment capability removing these. The TRP brakes on my TT/Tri bike had spacers you needed to remove for wider wheels. I'm assuming you've adjusted the cable tension on the brakes to widen them and that was not enough. Edited by magic 2015-05-23 9:13 PM |
2015-05-25 8:39 AM in reply to: jpzaleski |
Oakville | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 I have a 2012 B16 with a Flo 60/90 combo and, although the rims are wider, I recall that they fit the calipers by simply turning the little brake lever release and adjusting the barrel adjustment. If that doesn't give you enough room, you will have to loosen the cable on the calipers. Its not too difficult. Here's a video from the good people at Flo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB-FkZSqgzY |
2015-05-26 6:51 AM in reply to: Scott71 |
Member 1748 Exton, PA | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 Originally posted by Scott71 I have a 2012 B16 with a Flo 60/90 combo and, although the rims are wider, I recall that they fit the calipers by simply turning the little brake lever release and adjusting the barrel adjustment. If that doesn't give you enough room, you will have to loosen the cable on the calipers. Its not too difficult. Here's a video from the good people at Flo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB-FkZSqgzY ^^^ exactly, it's just an adjustment. The flo rims are a little wider than your stock felt rims. |
2015-05-26 2:59 PM in reply to: magic |
Regular 606 Portland, Oregon | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 Originally posted by magic Might depend more on the brakes than the bike. With wider rimmed wheels and SRAM 10sp RED brakes I've needed to remove the inner adjustment washer. They are slightly conical in shape and sits between the arm and pad holder. You'll lose some adjustment/alignment capability removing these. The TRP brakes on my TT/Tri bike had spacers you needed to remove for wider wheels. I'm assuming you've adjusted the cable tension on the brakes to widen them and that was not enough. I did this as well. I just moved the washer from one side of the arm (pad side) to the other (outside). Moving both left and right washers out effectively opened up the brake arms a little and gave me an additional few mm's. (If your pads were old and worn down already, you wouldn't need to do this.) |
2015-05-27 9:40 AM in reply to: 0 |
1502 Katy, Texas | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 When I switched to carbon rims on my B16 my LBS did the washer thing and let out the cable as much as possible, however in the back, there is a limit to the amount these arms can be opened, and it's not much. I'm not sure what is stopping it from opening more, whether there is something built into the brake itself or if it is the frame (I think it's the frame) but opened as wide as possible still only leaves maybe 1-2mm on either side, so no room for error. If your wheel isn't 100% true or if you don't line your wheel up EXACTLY when you put it on, or if you hit a pothole while riding and it moves your wheel ever so slightly, you will be rubbing on a brake pad. It's kind of annoying. Does anyone sell low profile brake pads for carbon rims? Edited by 3mar 2015-05-27 9:41 AM |
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2015-05-28 5:46 AM in reply to: #5117699 |
Elite 3140 | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 I just had 60/90 put on my 2010 felt b16....... i wound up needing a new front brake caliper since it would not open enough |
2015-05-29 1:29 PM in reply to: jpzaleski |
Master 3888 Overland Park, KS | Subject: RE: Flo wheels on felt b16 I just put some Flos (90 rear, 60 front) on my 2015 B14 (loaners from a friend). I had the same issue. I'm not sure if this was the correct thing to do but I noticed there was a washer/spacer between the brake pads and calipers for front and rear. I simply removed that washer/spacer and the wheels fit fine. It did it for a 5K time trial so my next course of action will be to ask bike shop guy today while I pick up my packet for Sundays 20 mile bike ride which will involve more braking etc. I'll report back with my findings. |
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