Which San Marcos frame are you buying? The link shows the first generation (robin's egg blue pearl) frame, which has been out of production for a year. The current generation (sage blue pearl) has some tweaks and may have addressed the rear brake reach issue you noticed.
Also, which size of San Marcos? The smaller sizes are for 650b and the larger sizes are for 700c wheels. The brake reach issue may only exist on one of the two size runs. I'd advise that you call Rivendell and ask. They should be able to measure a SM in stock for the brake reach, so you'll know if the 67 mm reach of the Paul Racers will work. FYI, I've used both Silver/559 and Paul Racer centerpulls on my 650b-converted Riv Road. I didn't find the Pauls to provide any better stopping power than the Silvers; in fact I find the Racers to be a tad more mushy. But, the Racers are much better for fender clearance, so I use them. On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Nanga Parbat <nangapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > I planning a new San Marcos build for my wife and want to go with center > pull brakes based on their reported better modulation. After reading the > specs, flyer information and viewing this > http://www.cyclesymphony.com/blog/?p=914 build with Riv Silver 73mm dual > pivot brakes, there seems to be a possibility that center pulls may not > reach. The photos show the rear brake pads extended as low as possible and > the front pads as high as possible. I would like to build the San Marcos > with Paul Racer's and am not opposed to using different front and rear > brakes as I feel the front brake pad in the link looks to be not ideal, > pushed to the top of the opening. Thanks in advance. > Cheers, > Scott > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
