*THAT* was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for that. I'm about to make a similar maneuver and I'm really interested to see what my results are. Thank you thank you.
On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:25:24 PM UTC-7, jinxed wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 2:55:29 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> 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". >> >>> jim m >>> wc ca >>> >> > I respond to this portion. I made this exact swap from Silver side pulls > to Pauls center pulls. When I built my Hilsen, I used the Silvers I already > had from a Bleriot. They set up SUPER easy, look great and I used up to a > 42 width knobbie (IRC XC Slick 700x42) that I could still squeeze past the > pads with little effort. I only "upgraded" to the Pauls thinking that with > all the hype and expense, they HAD to be more powerful and would open > wider. I tinkered with those things more than any other brake I've ever > used and never got them to feel as good as the Silvers, and if anything > they opened up less as I had to wiggle the same tire set up pretty good to > get it through. They certainly weren't horrible, look kind of industrially > cool, and have the USA factor included in the price, but based purely on > performance and set up I would choose the Silvers no question. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
