It has been a long time since I last made a post. More than a year. Much too long. I pretty much have gathered all the parts I needed for the Miyata 310 build. In my post talking about bicycle tires, I was trying to see how large of a tire I could use. While I thought that I had enough clearance to use a 700-38c tire, it turned out to be not the case. There just wasn’t enough clearance for the rear tire in the frame. So I went with a 700-35c tire. Here is a partial frame build with 700-35c tires. You can see that I have enough clearance with the rear tire. I will be cutting the top of fork to size later.
Here are pictures showing the front and rear brake clearances. On the front I am using a Tektro R540 brake and on the rear I am using a Tektro R539 brake. I had a Tektro R539 on the front, but the brake arm was pressing right on the tire and you couldn’t turn the tire without rubbing it on the brake arm. Switching to a Tektro R540 on the front gave me plenty of clearance. The fork that I got for the frame, uses brakes with a recessed nut. While the rear brake uses the older nutted style. I would have tried to use a Tektro R540 for the rear, but it doesn’t come in the old nutted style which the frame needs.
That’s it for now, catch you later. Bicycle!