I've used center pulls, single pivots, and dual pivots, not to mention cantis and vs, and haven't found centerpulls any better, or much worse, than any of the others. No magic, IME. In fact, I found the old Dura Aces (probably re-inscribed Tourneys) better than the Mafac Racers, but neither as powerful as a good modern Nashbar single pivot; all with salmon pads. (I had been running a Dura Ace cp on the front of the old Motobecane grocery fixie, as the single brake, but I found that, with heavy loads and a steep hill, the DA -- pulled by a modern Shimano aero lever -- would retard to a point in the lever travel and then retard no further despite pulling harder. The replacement dual pivot did retard more as you pulled further on the lever.) Of course, on the one hand, the relative merits of the CPs might have been due to hangars and housing; OTOH, the Nashbar SP stopped better with the same housing and required no hangar.
I jumped on the front rack wagon for a brief while with an old TA rack of which the VO is probably a copy. I had one on my errand Riv for a while to supplement a rear rack, but it didn't really do me any good, since it was big enough only to support a rack bag that was about the size of a Banana Bag, and I preferred to have my front end unencumbered unless the encumbrance could carry a more worthwhile load, whereas the rear rack carried all that I needed beyond the large saddle wedge. BTW, I have the early Ruthworks small bag-for small front rack available for sale or trade if anyone is interested. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to start playing around a little bit with centerpull brakes on > at least one of my caliper brake equipped bikes. I bought a pair of the > snazzy Gran Compe 610s and the tiny optional front rack from Velo Orange. > They will be replacing Tektro R539 on my "budget Roadeo". > > Riv Content: I am no longer capable of taking a bike seriously if it > doesn't have a front rack on it, thanks to Riv. I'm obsessed with getting > more clearance for fenders and chubby tires for safety, thanks to Riv. > > Anyway, can anyone share about changing straight from modern dual pivot > caliper brakes to centerpulls and liking them better? I'm interested to > hear about it. > > FYI, that little rack is TINY. Check it out next to the Nitto Mini Front: > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_VLPdjewy14/UlWgn7eNviI/AAAAAAAABcE/qhC1EaaqaHk/s1600/IMG_0520.JPG> > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
