Thanks for all the feedback. The polished Paul Racers are not in stock, and not likely available until sometime in January, I was told at Paul's. I'm going to go with the regular finished version since I found them on sale online. I had the Neo Retro and Touring cantis on the Gunnar I sold, and liked them very much so I'll stay loyal. Since I'm likely going to put them on the Bombadil (after I replace a spring on one that I messed up when I removed them), I'll have Paul's brakes on both Rivendell bikes. They are black, so if I decide to go for the silver instead, I'll put them up for sale on this list. I'm currently thinking of going for a very dark green color on the Bombadil, instead of the cream color I originally liked. I saw Bearded Peter's pictures of his black Bombadil and it looks awesome. With the gold lettering and gold headtube, I think the very dark green would be exactly what I want. Besides, my 10 year old son's favorite color is green... :-)
Now the question remains about which tires to get for the Bombadil..., but I'll start that as a different thread. Thank you all! René On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Gino Zahnd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Disclosure: Paul is a friend, I use many of his products, and I race > on his cyclocross team. > > > > Question 1: Will the Paul center pulls give me a much better braking > > experience? Mark at Rivendell seems to think so, he said that several of > > them use them. > > > > There is simply no comparison between the Tektro sidepulls and Paul > centerpulls. The Paul centerpull modulation and stopping power is > much, much better. I have the Tektros on my Bleriot, and have two sets > of Paul centerpulls on other bikes, > > > > > Question 2: Cost aside, is it worth getting them in the polished finish? > > About $100 more than the regular finish... I kind of like the idea of how > > the polished brakes look on the AHH, but don't know if the polished > finish > > improves, detracts or just does nothing for the performance and > durability > > of the brake long term... > > > > > It's just for looks. Me, I like shiny stuff on classic bikes. But my > cyclocross racer has black centerpulls. > > The difference in price is $10 per wheel for polished vs. anodized. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
