Brett, I had a caliper-braked Homer that came with the R559 caliper brakes that I eventually swapped for the Paul Racers. The R559's were great brakes, but flexy due to the long arms - I think some people would consider this beneficial added modulation, and some would consider it annoying. You could always use compressionless housing to reduce this sensation if you wanted to.
I bought the Pauls for aesthetic/MUSA reasons, and they are a bit less squishy, though not a squish-free brake (they now live on my Cheviot). The Paul's certainly look good and brake well - no arguing there. I'd say deciding between these two brakes, you certainly are limited, but they're both good options. One small thing to note: centerpulls and cantilevers have exposed cable running from the housing stop to the straddle hanger, and if you use a bag like the Swift Fabio's Chest or Zeitgeist, the bag will sit on the cable and potentially compress the brake. I have experienced this using the Paul centerpulls and canti's, and have since moved to using racks with tombstones to support the bags and hold them off the brake cable. you CAN use one of those housing stops that lives at the fork crown (and I've heard they reduce chatter somewhat) but in my opinion they look kinda bad. This problem does not exist with Vbrakes and Sidepulls since the housing runs all the way to the brake. On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 2:36:35 PM UTC-7, Brett Callahan wrote: > > Friends, > > I'm considering the purchase of a lightly used Sam Hillborne--the caliper > brake version. The only thing giving me pause is that it has been a while > since I had anything with caliper brakes. The long reach required would > seem to limit my options to the Paul Racer Centerpulls and the > Tektro/Silver R559 brakes. Anyone want to share their experiences with > these brakes, particularly on the Hillborne? > > If money were no object, would replacing R559s with Pauls be a good idea? > (The bike would come with R559s on it, but I am who I am and will look to > tinker eventually...) > > For background, intended use is as a primarily on road bike with a small > front rack, 38mm tires, and fenders. I'm six foot two, and weigh 235-245. I > live in Portland, so the bike will be ridden in the rain. > > Thanks! > > Brett > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
