I'll be darned. That's clever. I haven't owned a bike with centerpull
brakes in the modern era. (Obviously.) Last centerpulls I had were
Weinmanns, in 1977. :)
Thanks Gino!
Rob in Seattle
On May 19, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Gino Zahnd wrote:
Buy new brake pads, and you get new nuts. Those aren'
Buy new brake pads, and you get new nuts. Those aren't a PAUL part,
just part of the brake pad.
http://www.koolstop.com/brakes/index.php
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Rob Harrison wrote:
> Speaking of Paul's centerpulls, my new-to-me Saluki has the polished
> versions. Haven't ridden it yet
Speaking of Paul's centerpulls, my new-to-me Saluki has the polished
versions. Haven't ridden it yet, still setting it up, but I noticed
this morning the chrome on all of the brake pad fixing post nuts--the
5mm hex domed ones--is flaking off and rusting. Anyone know if those
available in st
Disclosure: Paul is a good friend of mine.
Regarding the straddle wire, that sounds like a setup problem to me. I
run Paul brakes on a few of my bikes, and that's not a problem with
any of them. In fact, just squeezing the centerpulls by the pads
should release the cable, or close to it. Without s
That is the correct, or one of the correct posts, or bosses. I
interchange the terms but they both mean that thing. True, you won't
be mounting cantilevers on them, but all our brakes use the same
pivot setup that fits on those.
There are several different styles, that one in the picture h
They were called cantilever bosses.
(I think this thread is now officially not RBW in nature.)
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Horace wrote:
> What where they called when they were sitting around the bike builder's
> shop? What was the label on the box that they came in Sorry, too amusi
On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 15:15 -0700, Horace wrote:
> What where they called when they were sitting around the bike
> builder's shop? What was the label on the box that they came in
> Sorry, too amusing not to ask.
According to the Paul web site, they are "...centerpull brake bosses.
These are si
What where they called when they were sitting around the bike builder's
shop? What was the label on the box that they came in Sorry, too amusing
not to ask.
Horace.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Patrick in VT wrote:
>
>
> On May 17, 3:35 pm, "S.Cutshall" wrote:
> > True, dat... but they
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Patrick in VT wrote:
>
>
> are there any epistemologists on this list? can a cantilever post
> *be* a cantilever post if a cantilever brake can't be used on it?
>
> It's only a cantilever post if it is actually, at this moment, supporting a
cantilever brake arm.
On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 12:21 -0700, Me wrote:
> Yep, I do.
>
> As in, "Cantilever Posts" which are brazed-on.
Except that in this case, they're not for cantilever brakes, but rather
for centerpulls.
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On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 19:21 -0700, happyriding wrote:
> On May 14, 1:21 am, Me wrote:
> > Paul Comp are THE best brakes made in the world these days.
> >
> > -my next ride is going with Racer-canti,
>
> What is the Paul Racer-canti? I don't see it on the Paul website.
He must mean the brazed-on
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 20:07 -0700, happyriding wrote:
> On May 13, 11:38 pm, Paul Price wrote:
> > Hey-
> >
> > Thanks for that. We're pretty proud of our brakes.
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Do you have any pictures on your website that compare 'silver
> anodized' to 'high polish'? Or, can you direct me t
Ken -
Toe yer brake pads properly, and make sure they're aligned on the rim
properly. That should kill the squeal.
See also: http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=19
Cheers,
Gino
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Ken wrote:
> I have the same set up on my Atlantis. Last year the fron
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