And your contribution, Brian, is what -- misinformation and personal
insults? Is that why you're here?
On 08/05/2013 07:56 AM, Brian Campbell wrote:
Oh lucky me! I get a visit/ response from Jan Heine's personal lap
dog! It is real simple Francis, I did not like them that much and
found them more difficult to set up than the Tektro's. Your experience
is that, yours. Mine was different. Now please go "plane" somewhere
else. You add so little to this list (other than general negativity) I
often wonder why you are here at all?(Rhetorical question, please
don't respond.)
On Monday, August 5, 2013 7:30:35 AM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote:
It's news to me that center pull (or, for that matter, cantilever)
brakes have a "complicated" cable routing that interferes with
handlebar bags. I have had four bikes with such brakes, two with
center pull (one bolt-on Mafac Raid, the other brazed-on Paul
Racers) and two with cantilevers (wide profile old-time Shimano
Deore XT) that I've used the largest size Berthoud bags with,
entirely without problems due to cable routing.
The last time I had the bike with brazed-on Paul Racers serviced,
I had the pads changed and in the process the LBS managed to
totally ruin the feel of the brakes: spongy beyond belief. I
brought the bike back, and a more experienced mechanic was able to
restore the original feel (without excess squeal, by the way) in a
matter of a few minutes. I'm not sure I'd call that "fussy" on
the part of the brakes; it's possible to misadjust most things if
you are incompetent.
On 08/04/2013 11:09 PM, ted wrote:
Thanks for the info. I hadn't heard the paul racers were fussy
that way. Well I knew how the cable routing differed, but the
other stuff, not so much.
On Sunday, August 4, 2013 7:57:18 PM UTC-7, Brian Campbell wrote:
The Pauls while stiffer, were more of a pain to get set up
correctly. I seemed to be forever between spongy feel and
squealing like mad. I did have them working well and then I
swapped the wheelset to the current one w/ different rim
widths and profiles and had to re-adjust again. Frankly, I am
lazy when it comes to this kind of thing. Also, the Pauls
required more "complicated" cable routing and it got in the
way of the handlebar bag. I toyed with the idea of getting
them brazed on but just figuerd it would be better to go ride
the bike rather than turn it into a shrine.
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