Re: [CR]Centerpull brakes

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:40:35 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "stephen fredette" <sfredette@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Centerpull brakes


although it's not a classic bicycle, i have mafac racers on my rivendell road. the calipers cost me eight dollars, and a couple of nights and six grades of wet/dry sandpaper gave me a mirror finish. i use suntour superbe levers and kool stop eagle pads. the first time i had the bike out with the new pads (i had been using the original pads for a couple of weeks) i nearly locked the front wheel up. also there is now absolutely no noise from the pads. i am very happy with the mafacs. this of course is straying from the topic of classic bikes, but i do think these brakes are sometimes given short shrift.
                        Stephen Fredette
                      Hull, Massachusetts