Echoing Bill and Joe, it depends on which criteria are important in your value calculation for a particular set of circumstances.
I went to great lengths to find (out of production but soon to be back in production) Paul brakes for one of our bikes. It felt appropriate and justifiable, even “necessary”. And they’re great. No regrets. In contrast, I was going to install a new set of Paul cantis on another bike but instead, I sold them, telling myself that my relatively cheap Shimano cantis were just fine, and that the Pauls weren’t worth it. So I sold the Paul cantis at a slight loss to lighten my parts hoard. It’s really subjective. I chuckle at myself when I consider that I have no problem paying serious money for Rivendell frames (they’re worth it!) yet I sometimes balk heavily at the cost of components. After all, why should I spend, for example, $xxx on a fancy rear derailer when I can buy a $25 Altus that works “98 to 100 percent” as well as the fancier ones, according to Grant? Well, I got a fancy RD for the same bike on which I retained the cheaper brakes. Ultimately I don’t have a consistent algorithm or a set decision tree to figure these choices out. The Pauls were more than worth it for one Riv, but for another Riv they didn’t seem to be. Kinda whacky of me, and amusing. On Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 2:16:00 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > "Worth it" is of course subjective but I have these brakes on my Rivendell > Custom and they're worth it to me. The feel and power is notably superior > to the Shimano v-brakes I started with, the qr function on the arms is > miles better, the adjusting springs are very easy to fiddle with, the very > slim clamp on the levers stays out of the way of hands and shifters, I love > the slightly industrial look (some folks aren't into it), and they're made > 95 miles from where I'm typing right now. Yes it's a chunk of cash but > they're on a very nice bike I ride almost every day. I'm glad I did it. > > Joe Bernard > > On Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 10:52:35 AM UTC-7 Bill Fulford wrote: > >> I was recently gifted $500 to Rivendell. My plan was to upgrade my 2007 >> Atlantis with Paul brakes and levers. I placed the order only to read later >> that the brakes are sold per wheel. That’s more than I wanted to spend. So >> before I call Rivendell tomorrow morning to cancel I’m wondering how folks >> feel about these brakes? I would be ordering the linear pull brake with >> love levers. Are they worth it? > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e09328f4-2d5b-4a27-a812-6cb3331ec23fn%40googlegroups.com.
