Option E would be Mafac Racers, which aren't as pretty, but can be polished with some Simichrome and which have excellent stopping power. Last time I checked, even NOS Racers are fairly easy to find.
--Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > On Dec 4, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Let your flag fly! It's always fun to think of reasons to put money in Mr > Price's register. > > Compass brakes are partially made in the USA, but farther away from me than > Chico ;-) . Also, there is no frame in existence that takes both the > Compass brakes and Paul Racers* (they use different posts). So the only > people that really have a choice between those two products are people who > are about to specify a custom frame for 42mm tires and want braze-on > centerpull brakes. That's not a lot of people. For me, the integrated rack > (made by non-Americans at Nitto) is super attractive. The fact I can buy > some super swank hardware to bling out my Mafac Racers is kind of fun, too. > > Bill-who-loves-to-buy-American-Lindsay > > *p.s. OK, I suppose that if you had a frame that you wanted to run > center-mount center-pull brakes, you would have the choice between > centermount Paul Racers as option A, and as option B you could buy Mafac Raid > yokes on Ebay, and buy Compass brakes and cobble together your own set up. > Option C would be to buy Mafac Raids on Ebay and upgrade the hardware from > Compass (or use them stock). Option D is Dia Compe 750s, also not made in > the USA. > >> On Thursday, December 4, 2014 9:55:54 AM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: >> I'm not a huge flag-waver, but Pauls are made in Chico, CA. >> I know Taiwanese folks have families and kids and hobbies and mortgages, but >> I guess I'd rather give my money to Mr. Price and support their local >> economy. >> >> >>> On Thursday, December 4, 2014 8:19:34 AM UTC-8, BSWP wrote: >>> And just like that, they're announced as available >>> >>> http://janheine.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/compass-centerpull-brakes-are-here/ >>> >>> Prices compare not-too-unfavorably to the Pauls. Very tempting. >>> >>> - Andrew, Berkeley > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
