List- Another trick to silence Mafacs were to exchange the Mafac pads and shoes for CLB "Racer" ones and then fit Weinmann pads to the CLB holders.
> Jerry Moos wrote:
>
> Maybe folks liked the greater adjustability of the cantilever-type shoes
> on the MAFACs, despite their tendency to squeal. Or maybe the squealing
> was seen as a safety feature, making a bell unnecessary :-)
>
>
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>
> On the Rose Bowl vintage ride this past weekend, at the end of the ride,
> we were standing around admiring each other's bikes...another rider was
> taking a close look at the Rene Herse Poly de Chanteloup tandem Carmen and
> I had ridden on the ride, noticing that the Mafac Raid brakes were
> attached to the bike at the pivots, as was common on the constructeur
> bikes (the Raids appear as if they would work better than way too, they're
> quite thin up top), and then I noticed for the first time that the brake
> pads were not original Mafac...they were campagnolo pads..more precisely,
> one-and-a-half campagnolo pads installed in the Mafac holders. I'd never
> noticed that..but we all agreed, that was probably why they didn't
> squeal.. ;> A rather trick little trick you might try yourself.
>
> Charles Andrews
> Los Angeles
>
>
> Q: "Why do people spoil everything for
> themselves?
>
> A: "In big ways, and little ways too,
> people do that all the time to themselves.
> We can't stand prosperity.
> We have to tinker with the machinery."
>
> --John D. MacDonald
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Andrew R Stewart
Rochester, NY