On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 17:41 -0700, Stuart Fletcher wrote: > Mafac Racers are cheap and plentiful, and set up correctly (which > isn't terribly difficult, though maybe a dying art) they're fantastic > brakes. Sure Pauls are a lot nicer, but if you want to try a waaay > cheaper solution to see if it'll work for you, get a set of Mafacs. > Install good brake pads so inferior pads don't fool you into thinking > the brakes suck.
I agree. I've got Mafac Raids on my Kogswell P/R, with salmon Kool Stop pads. Powerful, inexpensive, sqeal less and appear to last forever. > > Personally (not to mention self-evidently) I'd do what I did before I > tried the Reach Arounds (Steve P.: google it & look at the 1st result) depending on whether it's reacharound or reach around, the first hit for me is either a discussion of the brackets or a story about Interpol extending law enforcement's reach. Not much spicy there! -- 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.
