Beth: I've seen very many cheap and useless single pivots but never a centerpull that didn't work with Matthauser pads, decent (aero) levers and decent cable and housing: Weinmann, Shimano, Mafac; what else? Dia Compes of course were always good.
I recently replaced the single pivot SunTour (or was it a Shimano 600? Anyway, it was a decent, upper-middle-class single pivot) with Matthausers with a so-called "Dura Ace" Shimano centerpull (the DA is I'll bet good money only a Tourney with another name stamped onto it): same pads, same levers and cables, and it is far more powerful than the s-pivot. (Disclaimer: I use other, better s-pivots on my two Rivs and they are almost as powerful as the c-pull on the Motobecane, but as the Rivs have 559 rims instead of 622 rims, perhaps the slight difference is due merely to a lesser "law of moments" effect.) BTW, I've never used a centerpull with brazed-on pivots; my experience has always been with the bolt-on units. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:52 AM, beth h <[email protected]> wrote: > I came of age when center-pulls were sheap and crappy and did a poor > job of "speed modulation" (to borrow a term from Jan Heine). I never > got over my disdain for them; and I don't know anyone locally who has > them brazed onto a bike and who might prove me wrong. Altering a frame > is an investment and I would prefer to go with what I know. While > brazing on the Canti's could make the difference I think I'd rather go > with cantis. --Beth > > On Dec 13, 4:46 pm, Rene <[email protected]> wrote: > > I might have missed something more important than I what I saw in your > > original post; but as I see it, your main objective is to use bigger > > tires with fenders. Have you tried or considered using a center pull > > brake first before adjusting the brake bridge and putting on canti > > studs? > > -- > > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
