Sounds like a great set of choices. I've been very happy with White Ind Hubs, which I have on both my Ram & our tandem, and with the White VBC crank, which I have on the Ram. Our tandem has a DaVinci Crank, which is actually made by White and offers a good crank/spider/ring set up at a price well below TA or even Compass.
As for brakes, I love side pulls but have no experience with the extra long Silver version. I have racerMs on the Ram & posted racers on the tandem, both excellent. Good modulation and good stopping power. There is a learning curve on set up, but they seem to stay aligned very well & once you get a feel for readjustment, it's pretty simple to reinstall them. I owe my life to a set of Paul's Canti brakes, so I'm definitely biased. Also I have become very partial to levers with a built in quick release- Cane Creek, Tektro, Campy. It makes working with center pull or canti brakes a lot simpler. The Cane Creek / Tektro especially mate well with Paul's brakes. Michael On Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:33:49 PM UTC-4, blakcloud wrote: > > I am starting to think about buying my dream build which will be a A. > Homer Hilsen. tentatively these are the components I would like. > > 650b wheel set built on Phil Wood hubs. > Ultegra derailleurs and cassette > cranks, undecided but not Shimano, they're ugly, Maybe White Industries > double. > White Industries pedals with Bruce Gordon half clips > Nitto lugged quill stem, hand polished to mirror finish > Nitto lugged seat post? > Brooks saddle or a Specialzed Avatar which I have and like. > > The question is around which brakes to use. The long reach side pulls are > probably adequate and are certainly cheaper but there is something about > the high polished Paul Racers that look good on Rivendell's. My question to > those who own the Paul's "Would you buy them again?" Of course we are > talking about center post mounts as I am not going to go custom frame here. > I have never been a fan of center pull brakes, the ones that I have tried > all sucked but they haven't been as well built as the Paul's. > > I would like to hope they are great brakes and easy to set up because you > can't beat side pulls for easy set up. So those who own Paul's or have used > them, do you like them? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/zlDXKIGzFpcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
