The two bikes I currently have set up with Dia compe centerpulls are great. Plenty of stopping power, excellent modulation. I'm planning to put a Mafac Racer on my fixed gear this week, as I tried installing a fender under the front sidepull I had on there and no go. But just putting in a little love for DC. In terms of switching out brakes that are working just fine, though...yeah, buy some underwear and have a hot cocoa by the fire.
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:13:28 PM UTC-5, John Hawrylak wrote: > > +1 on Patrick comments. I think the Dual Pivots are the best out there > for caliper types. I replaced the Dia Compes CP on my 75 Schwinn Voyaguer > II with Tektro R559 (from RBW). Much better than the CPs and easy to set > up. > > Use the $$$ some where else. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown > > On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 5:48:19 PM UTC-5, drew wrote: > >> so. it's nearing the holiday season. people are asking me what i want, >> and this is usually where i ask for bikey stuff, but currently the bikes >> are all in pretty good shape. not a lot to work on. no accessories needed >> etc. not a bad situation to be in. after consistent prodding for gift >> ideas, i have reverted back to an old idea of switch the sam over from >> silver sidepulls to centerpulls. far from a necessary swap, but something >> to think about and do. my understanding is that the good ones can stop >> better than sidepulls and the aesthetics are nicer in my opinion. >> >> ive only ever run canti's, sidepulls or cheap vintage centerpulls. so, >> what do you like and why? im only familiar with the paul racers and the VO >> ones? what else is out there i should consider. ORRR is this not worth it >> at all and i should ask for money ill spend on groceries and paying bills. >> >> also, for context. this is for a sam running 700x50 tires w/o fenders. >> > -- 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.
