Appearance was a large consideration when I selected the Rene Herse braze-on centerpull brakes for my Rivendell Custom that was intended as a road bike. I call it a fat man's racing bike. "Racing Bike" as in no braze-ons for racks, no fender eyelets, no holes in the "brake" or chain stay bridges, - clean stays and forks but a really long wheelbase. The long chainstays are balanced by the really long main triangle (62 cm ETT x 53.4 ST). What I did not realize was how large the Rene Herse brakes are, they dwarf my Mafac Competition , DiaCompe, and Weinmann centerpulls. But they still have that fifties - sixties racing bike look. The centerpull braze-ons are located between the rim and the fork crown/brake bridge, so they are a stiffer mount that cantilevers/V-brakes whose braze-ons are located below the rim. Another plus for the RH centerpulls is no black or plastic parts like the long reach Tektros.
I have never actually seen another bike with braze-on centerpulls except in pictures - some in the book *Japanese Steel*. I have considered at times having Dia-Compe braze-ons installed on my Paramount for the original Weinmann centerpull brakes. Laing On Sunday, July 10, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-4 Daniel MacPherson wrote: > I agree with the sentiment that road bikes look better with calipers on > them. Though I find the long-reach caliper brakes (Tektro R559) to be > rather ugly looking. Road bikes with disc brakes or v-brakes still look odd > to me. I assume they must be gravel or cyclocross bikes. Maybe Rivendell > should develop some kick-ass long reach caliper brakes. > > > Daniel M > > Tallahassee Fl > > On Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 10:31:46 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> Part of the Riv association with long-reach calipers (my opinion) is >> Grant had them made back in the days when road bikes were closely >> associated with calipers and he wanted more room for big tires. We don't >> think anything of it now but at the time if your bike had canti posts it >> was a tourer or mtb, you couldn't sell it to folks looking for a road >> frame. >> >> >>> >>> -- 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/470a503e-36ef-4f69-8514-db1fe0a59ca8n%40googlegroups.com.
