We've sourced a number of yokes from old Mafac Raid brakes. They have been checked, polished and made better than new. Soon, we'll offer a limited number of brakes for bolt-on mounting... Stay tuned. (And if anybody has a set of Mafac Raid - not Racer - yokes or backing plates that they don't need because they mounted the brakes to brazed-on pivots, please get in touch...)
Commissioning a forging die for the backing plate and offer it as a regular model is unlikely, because the cost is so high. A CNC-machined yoke would have to be very beefy to withstand the loads, and it would look totally out of place with the slender forged arms of our brakes. Jan Heine Compass Cycles www.compasscycle.com On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:13 PM, ted <ted.ke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hey Jan, > > Speaking of products Compass might consider ... > In the past I've seen posts wishing that Compass brakes were offered with > yokes for mounting without brazed on posts. > Yesterday I saw (or at least think I saw) "with yoke and ..." options in > the menu for Compass brakes. > Are you all developing tooling, and starting to produce new mounting yokes > similar to the old Mafac Raid stock offering? > > regards > ted > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 6:01:12 PM UTC-8, Jan Heine wrote: >> >> I wish I could answer that question. I haven't used any >> current-production cantis that were really elegant and top-notch. I like >> the old Mafacs for their simplicity and excellent function, but there are >> other ideas out there, too. It seems like a product that Compass should >> consider... >> >> Jan Heine >> Compass Cycles >> www.compasscycle.com >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Daniel Jackson <daniel.se...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Jan, >>> >>> What is your pick these days for the best currently available cantilever >>> brakes? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Daniel >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 9:54:23 AM UTC-5, Jan Heine wrote: >>>> >>>> Often, the cycling world seems split between those who absolutely love >>>> discs and those who think they are just awful. The reality, as so often, is >>>> more complex. After riding more than 20 bikes with disc brakes for >>>> significant distances (a typical Bicycle Quarterly test goes over 300-1000 >>>> km and lasts a few weeks), I found that discs have their applications, but >>>> they aren't my preferred brakes for just every bike. Read more about the >>>> pros and cons of disc brakes at >>>> >>>> https://janheine.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/disc-brake-pros-and-cons/ >>>> >>>> Enjoy! >>>> >>>> Jan Heine >>>> Editor >>>> Bicycle Quarterly >>>> www.bikequarterly.com >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>> pic/rbw-owners-bunch/I2AP5oO2Wdo/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://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 a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/I2AP5oO2Wdo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
