I had my Pereira built with Pauls, braze-ons in high polish. Pictures here:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2009/cc690-davidbeach0909.html They work very, very well. In my experience -- which involved slowing or stopping my own considerable mass on 18% desents on a regular basis - - dual-pivots (Shimano and Campagnolo) work very well, but the Pauls are significantly more powerful and modulate better. No functional difference for high polish, just looks good on some bikes. One negative: pretty bad squeal from the pads. No amount of toe-in or adjustment solved this. The solution: velo-orange brake pads, which are "guaranteed not to squeak." Darned if they didn't fix the problem. RL 531 On Nov 10, 3:00 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 14:51 -0800, Rene Sterental wrote: > > I found the regular set online for S217 and free shipping/no sales > > tax. Since I'm in CA, ordering the polished ones directly would total > > about $380 with shipping and CA sales tax. That is a huge > > difference... unless there is a huge performance or durability > > benefit. > > The difference is purely cosmetic. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
