shimano ultegra 6800 brakes max rim width?

justin_c2000
justin_c2000 Posts: 32
edited April 2014 in Road buying advice
i need new brakes because my current brakes aren't able to open wide enough for my 27mm wide wheels. Will ultegra 6800 brakes be able to hold my 27mm wide tubulars?

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  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    27mm wide tubular rim - probably not. If you don't mind me asking why a 27mm tubular rim you will need 30mm tyres on that that pretty much CX width. Tubular rims do not need to be that wide. I am not sure which brakes take rims that wide.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    Justin, normally these are toroidal carbon rims and the widest part is not the one in contact with the pads... I would assume the brake track width to be somewhere around 25 mm, which should be within reach of any caliper

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  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    the 303s are wider, at 26.45mm at brake track

    the new HED stingers are even wider - 28mm at the brake track iirc

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