Thanks for the replies. I think I'm with all of you: "I've used all kinds and they all work fine. None are dramatically better or worse". At least for everything but centerpulls. I've never done a nice centerpull setup. I understand being forced into using cheapie centerpulls for various reasons. What I was curiously looking for was something more specific. For example, I've seen many A Homer Hilsens using Silver Sidepulls, and I've seen many A Homer Hilsens using Paul Racer centerpulls. I'd love to hear somebody say "I took off the Silver Sidepulls and installed Paul Racers and the result was XXXX". Or, I've seen many Roadeos with Tektro 539s, and a few with Paul Racer M. I wanted to see if anybody specifically swapped from dual pivot to a quality centerpull and thought it changed anything. That's what I'm doing, and I'll certainly share what my observations are.
Anyway, I did it partially out of curiosity about centerpulls. I also did it because I wanted a cleanly installed small front rack. I hated running P-clamps with a Marks rack on this bike. I also did it because I think it will open up the fender area. I also did it because I was/am inspired by Sumehra's custom mixte with braze on centerpull brakes. If I love centerpulls, then braze on centerpulls on a custom might make it onto my bucket list. 1. If braking is a wash, and I gain the use of a proper handlebar bag, and improve fender clearance, that's a big win 2. If braking performance is better, and the rack breaks under my handlebar bag, and fender clearance is worse, then I won't know what to do 3. If braking performance is worse, and the rack breaks, then I'll whine like a baby I'm investing a lot in making this setup really as nice as I can. Paul Funky Monkey hangers front and rear are rock solid. These $170 Gran Compe brakes are beefy CNC, not unlike Pauls. The pads come with salmon inserts and accept nice koolstop replacement inserts. Good cables and housing, nice rims. Everything should work great. On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 1:23:31 PM UTC-7, Jim M. wrote: > > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 11:48:45 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> 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. >> > > I'll echo Patrick's response. I've used centerpulls for specific > situations (like needing cheap longer reach for a 650b conversion, or > needing a nutted front brake) but they aren't any better at stopping than a > good single or dual pivot sidepull. I've used various Weinman, Mafac, and > DiaCompe, and they all seem about the same for stopping power. > > jim m > wc ca > -- 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.
