Admittedly do not have a good scale, but the cable, hanger and bolt on
my Mafac Racers(all3sets)/Competition/Raids are heavier than Paul
components.  Raids feel heavier than regular Paul Racers.  Mafac
Competition calipers alone are pretty light.

On Mar 27, 3:18 pm, Jason Hartman <rjasonhart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:43 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote:
> > > If I remember it right, the Rodeo is built to the lightest configuration
> > as
> > > Grant "the conservative" would allow it. Thus, to save weight, even
> > though
> > > minimal but at least weight-saving, there will be no cantis and no DT
> > studs.
> > > Much like the racer road bikes in carbon, aluminum and titanium.
>
> > You have a point.  Although my counter is that the Racer is a modern
> > (and lighter) version of the Mafac Competition, a brake that was on
> > several Tour de France winners in the 1980s.
>
> I don't think you can get much lighter than the Mafacs.
> I just weighed a complete front Mafac racer without pads and it was 142 g.
> I then made them braze-on ready by removing the center bolt back plate
> and they weighed only 86g.
>
> Jay Hartman

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