I had some of the RH cantis on my Terraferma rando bike and got completely fed up with them after several months and switched to Paul touring cantis instead.
On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 8:21 PM 'John Hawrylak, Woodstown NJ' via RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Robert > > I have RH centerpulls and they were a PITA to adjust the brake pads and > also required a lot of time. Once you losses the nuts, the pad can move > up/down, in/out and rotate making adjustment tedious and time consuming. > There is supposed to be a tool to hold the pad, but it is not available > AFAIK. > > The braking is nice but not any better than Shimano dual pivots. They do > allow allow a 52mm fender without indenting the fender sides. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > On Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 6:31:37 PM UTC-5 Robert Blunt wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> I just snagged an elephant frame whose geometry is modeled on the NFE >> (650B), but with center pull braze ons rather than disc brakes. I am >> looking for recommendations for brakes. From what I can gather, I basically >> can have the Herse or Compass center pulls if go new, and Mafac raids if I >> go old. I think the Paul racers won’t work since they are designed around a >> different diameter braze on. I would love to know if I am wrong about this >> as Pauls would be my go to. Anyway, the Saluki was last winter’s project >> and the elephant will be this winter’s fun. Thanks in advance for any >> anecdotes about any of the first three brakes mentioned or whether Pauls >> could work. >> —Robert Blunt >> Pennington, NJ >> > -- > 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 view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1f2fc745-ed5e-47b9-bffd-3bacd215b15en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1f2fc745-ed5e-47b9-bffd-3bacd215b15en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGTQPx_L%2BQ4nMLWs9T3aMKoO8qArk2prx2KLcFrvFkDUs7CJmQ%40mail.gmail.com.
