Peter, Thanks for making this clear for me! I had visited Paul's website, but due to insufficient brain power, I didn't have a clear understanding of the difference between the braze-on version and the center-mount version (except for the obvious part about the braze-on version requiring specially positioned braze-on's). I missed the center mount conversion kit link that you posted below. Now everything is clear to me.
I'm getting Paul Racers for my new 58cm 650b Homer. I want to run 42mm tires and P50 LongBoard fenders. Hopefully the Paul Racers will help with clearance issues as well as stopping the bike. Actually, I'm quite certain that they will...because Mark said so when I called Riv. :-) Obviously, I'm going with the center mount version because I'm not eager to take a torch to my new frame! My frame was ordered December 30th, so now I am just waiting...waiting...waiting. :-( Miles and years down the road when I need a repaint, I might consider adding the braze-on's...if I was convinced that there was going to be a big difference in performance and/or ease of adjustment. Is there really a convincing case for that? Doug Williams On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:57:46 AM UTC-8, Peter Adler wrote: > > Correction: The center-mount Racers are identical to the braze-on Racers - > they just have the additional bolt-on bridge and pivots installed, which > keeps the bearings spaced correctly and attaches to the frame/fork brake > holes. That's the reason the braze-ons are $14 cheaper than the bolt-ons: > Fewer parts. Paul sells an aftermarket conversion kit for braze-ons for $50: > > http://www.paulcomp.com/spareparts/racercentermountkit.html?relatedid=355 > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paulcomp.com%2Fspareparts%2Fracercentermountkit.html%3Frelatedid%3D355&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNETcl21hbq1PdjKgnsLP7WnB2OZLg> > > Considering that the bolt-on conversion kit costs $35 more than getting > the bolt-on bridge preinstalled, I think the shrewd purchase is to buy the > bolt-on version and then pull off the bridge when you've finally gotten the > canti posts brazed on in the correct position. Not only does it give you > the option of using the brakes before you've gotten your act together for > torch surgery, but you have more resale options down the road. > > Peter Adler > Berkeley, CA/USA > > On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 1:46:17 PM UTC-8, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> Paul Racers are available as braze-on only (to be mounted on a fork with >> dedicated braze-ons), or the bolt-on version (which I have) which has a >> bridge between the arms to mount to the standard brake hole. >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
