greetings and advice

[Kenneth]

Hello and greetings,
I'm new to Cruzbike having recently bought a S40 frame set, it will be my first recumbent. I have been reading the forum and learning quite a bit about cruzbikes and bike building in general. This my first attempt to build up a frame-set. I'm sourcing as many of the parts as i can from my 2012 Surly Crosscheck though not all the parts will transfer.
i need some advice about front caliper brake mounting. The brakes I bought Tektro R559 Long Reach 55-73 mm need 4 washer/spacers to clear the forks but this makes the bolt to short to properly reach the recessed nut even using a longer one. Is this a common problem that has a simple fix or is the fact that the brake takes four washers to clear mean its shape just isn't suited to the S40 fork?
regards,
Kenenth

 

[telephd]

welcome to the tribe Kenneth and congrats on the S40 purchase. It could be that the R559 is not suitable or that you need a longer center bolt fixing nut. In my parts box I have them from about 20mm to 65mm (0.75-2.5") I think they are available longer than 65mm. You might want to check with your LBS.

 

[Mathew Fy]

I don’t know if this helps, but look at these posts by Doug Kline. (Seems like I share a lot of his contributions.)
http://cruzbike.com/forum/threads/w...-pair-of-2016-v20-vendettas.9542/#post-116789

 

[DavidCH]

Hey Welcome to the tribe!

 

[bladderhead]

Welcome to the crazy, hip-swivelling world of MBB.

 

[Kenneth]

Mathew Fry,
Thanks for the link.
I read through it a long way and it seems the clearance issue I'm having is fairly common, good to know it wasn't kust me.
Telphd, I will check to see if my LBS can increase the center bolt length of the brake which seems the best way to fix the issue without having incredibly small/no clearance between brake pads and fork

I'll let you all know how it works out

Regards,
Kenneth

 

[Kenneth]

So it turns out that the biggest issue with the front brake not clearing the fork was my own lack of experience . The reason i needed 4 washers to clear the forks was because i didn't turn the pads to fit the rim.
With the pads set correctly to the rim I only needed three washers which in turn made the center bolt of the brake long enough for the recessed nut to get enough threads.

 

[bladderhead]

I can take a bike apart and (just about) put it together again. Learning to do this was a long, slow process, one mistake at a time.