I can't help with a bar, but I've used Pauls, DC, Shimano, Mafac, and Tektro cantis, and the Paul's do seem to have more power -- perhaps a bit more rigid? -- and they are certainly easiest to set up, including 15" wrench flats to adjust spring tension, which I find very, very desirable. And the principal advantage, for me, is that their pivots seemed to have less slop, which reduces judder and squeal caused by the flex of very long head and steerer tubes and a headset mounted housing stop. My frame has no crown hole, tho' one day I may get around to drilling one to mount a stop there. But the judder and squeal disappeared, or as much as makes no difference, when I replaced Tektros with Pauls; same stops and pads.
Whether all this justifies their price, I'll leave to you. On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 6:54 PM John Moore <j...@chilmarkresearch.com> wrote: > Lasstly, brakes. I'm going canti. Are touring Pauls really that much better > then Dia Compe to justify the price. I like bling, but not excessive which > seems to be the case with Pauls. > > Anyway, now calling upon the collective intelligence of this grp to give me a > hand. Appreciate any and all replies. > > - John -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvV0%3DNo3GOSfCz9U1LOqJ7DNXfve0Lua%2B%2BjVQ50oLd%2B5g%40mail.gmail.com.
