I like the idea of cantilever posts on roadie Rivendells, pretty much across the board. I'll be showing off a new Cantilever Roadeo sometime around the end of the year. So that is an excellent option in my opinion. If I wanted to try out Paul Racers before moving on to frame mods, I would try hard to shake some loose out of one of these groups. Between RBW, iBob, Classic Rendezvous, 650B, there's got to be some.
If it were me and I'd already convinced myself there were no Paul Racers, I'd also have a personal phone call with the folks at Paul. There is zero actual manufacturing infrastructure associated with the Paul Racer. The hardware is all identical to all their other brakes. All they need to make Paul Racers is aluminum and the CNC machine, both of which they have. Maybe they are actually still gettable off-menu. I'd poke at that angle through Mark or Spencer at Rivendell first. If I didn't want all that Paul hassle, I would take a serious look at two Dia Compe models: The DC750 that everyone has seen, and the GC700 that virtually nobody has seen. Alex's Cycle in Japan has the GC700 in stock and I've had excellent experience buying from them. Do some reach measurements to make sure the GC700 would fit. I ran the smaller GC610 on a Black Mountain Road for a while and they worked well. Rene Herse centerpulls would likely get you back to frame mods. They really ought to be installed on dedicated centerpull posts. Good luck Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 6:37:19 AM UTC-7 Pierre wrote: > Hi bunch - > > Not super happy with the original Silver calipers raw stopping power > (admittedly quite spoiled by excellent hydro discs on other bikes). > > Looking for an upgrade but looks like long reach Paul racer are no longer > produced. What are my options lately? Anyone tried Rene Herse center pulls? > > (Even toying with idea of sending frame to Bilenky to add canti studs so I > can run mini-motos but maybe a bit extreme...). > > Thanks. > > Pierre > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9c3e0007-0591-4c3a-b477-350c5b550c20n%40googlegroups.com.
