> I think you should just bring the bike to a bike shop and have them do > it. You've obviously got it set up all wrong, as modulation is what the > Paul Racer does better than any other brake in the world.-
Exactly. And as I say above, unless the LBS allows you to watch them adjust, take pictures of your set up to compare with the proper set up. Pauls are deceptively simple. It is amazing the difference one washer in another place or an mm up or down stradle height make. On Sep 29, 1:08 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 10:22 -0700, Adam Kimball wrote: > > Everyone, > > > Thanks for the discussion. This has been incredibly helpful to me. > > I've never owned a bike with center-pull brakes of any type, so this > > is my first time working with them. I will say that as a newbie (but > > a quick-learning one) - my Paul Racer brakes have given me a lot of > > headaches. I don't like the modulation of the brakes - I assume that > > I will become used to it at some point, but right now they feel > > incredibly squishy to my hands. Likewise, there are so many variables > > to get right. I've spent no less than 10 hours setting up these > > brakes (!) and right now I'm still pretty unhappy. Guess I need to > > get to work on them again. They've got to do a better job stopping me > > than they are doing now.. I just need to figure it out. > > > One thing I really don't understand is that variables the spring > > tension effects? This is one area where I have not experimented very > > much and I'm hopeful that I can squeeze some more performance out of > > the brakes (and no, the pun was not intentional ;) > > I think you should just bring the bike to a bike shop and have them do > it. You've obviously got it set up all wrong, as modulation is what the > Paul Racer does better than any other brake in the world.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
