Wow - I guess I am the only person who had these brakes and didn't care for them. I ordered my AHH built with the polished center mount version of the Racer and found them to be rather problematic. Neither the folks at Rivendell nor my LBS were able to help with the problems I was having:
Problem number one: to remove the wheel, I had to really fight to get the straddle wire free. When the brakes were adjusted with the pads running close to the rim, I couldn't close them enough to get the straddle wire out easily - even after hitting the QR button on the brake levers. Problem number two: the brakes wouldn't center up consistently after braking. They would be fine 75% of the time, but every now and then (and at least once a ride) the front or rear would spring back unevenly, leaving one pad rubbing the rim. The folks at Rivendell weren't able to make this happen with a pair in their shop no matter how much they tried. I tried adjusting the spring tensions, and finally took it in to my LBS who adjusted the brakes, but I kept having the same problem. I am a pretty good mechanic and routinely build up and break down my own bikes - there aren't a lot of complicated things to adjust on a brake so this problem was really frustrating. It went on for months before I finally swapped them out for a pair of Silvers and sold them at a hefty loss. I want to close saying that I continue to be a fan of Paul Components, I am having a touring bike built and will use their cantis on that bike, I use their e-lever on two of my fixed gear bikes, and would love to own one of their road cranks some day. Roberto On May 17, 4:39 pm, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 17, 4:10 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's only a cantilever post if it is actually, at this moment, supporting a > > cantilever brake arm. Otherwise it's only a potential cantilever post. > > > Patrick "if a tree falls in the forest, etc etc etc" Moore > > Thank you, Patrick. I have a hard time with such questions. And, so > it follows that since the "racer" mount is not supporting - indeed, it > has not event the potential to support - a cantilever brake, we can > not rightly refer to this mount as a cantilever post, lest we violate > certain laws of truth and knowledge. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
