Re: [CR]Mafac Competitions vs. Racers

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:07:03 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Mafac Competitions vs. Racers
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 9/30/03 6:20:15 PM, dbilenkey@sympatico.ca writes:
>Thanks to all for the info and insight, but one question that still remains
>(in my mind anyway) is: Are the Competitions a 'better' brake than the
>Racers?

Dunno what you men by better. In practice they have the same faults as a Racer-hard to set up and they squeel just as badly if you use Mafac blocks. Mine don'y squeel but my pivots are brazed on and I use La Vipere blocks for that classic look without the noise. Phil Brown Looking at my La Vipere card in San Rafael, Calif.