Centerpulls on a Ram.

[mikel...@juno.com]

i would like to hear from folks who switched from sidepulls to centerpulls on their Ram.

what rear cable stop did you use. the Soma 'paperclip' looks appealing for larger frames, mine is a 58cm

mike goldman

warwick,r.i.

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[Steve Palincsar]

On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 15:46 +0000, mikel...@juno.com wrote:
> i would like to hear from folks who switched from sidepulls to
> centerpulls on their Ram.
>
> what rear cable stop did you use. the Soma 'paperclip' looks appealing
> for larger frames, mine is a 58cm

Sheldon's Rambouillet was set up that way.
http://sheldonbrown.com/org/rambouillet/index.html

[Michael Hechmer]

Originally I put a pair of Campy Grand Sports on my Ram.  They're great brakes which are now on my Trek 620.  I switched to Paul's Racer Ms, also great brakes.  I used the slotted brake hanger Riv sells.  $5,  works fine:

http://www.rivbike.com/Cables-housing-etc-s/119.htm?searching=Y&sort=2&cat=119&show=12&page=2

The Ram Rocks!

Michael

[Seth Vidal]

I have sidepulls on a romulus and paul centerpulls on a AHH. I think I'm somewhat partial to the centerpulls. They seem to leave a little more space for fenders, etc -however I've found they are a bit more finicky to setup than the sidepulls.

Having said that, once you get them setup they feel more powerful to me.

-sv

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[BykMor]

Howdy Mike,

I use Paul's brakes on my 60cm Rambouillet and the Surly 'paperclip' cable hanger. I'm not sure if Soma makes a similar hanger.

Love the brakes. The Surly hanger, with it's chrome color looks dashing. Good choices all around.

Cheers,

BykMor

[mikel...@juno.com]

bykmor,

do you use the bolt-on Racer model?

mike goldman

warwick,r.i.

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[Ryan Ray]

Did you notice clearance and/or stopping power upgrade from the Tektros? Or is it just looks?

- Ryan

[BykMor]

Mike- yes, the bolt on Racer. I hope that a future bike will end up with some nice, sleek braze-ons, but the bolt-on still ends up looking pretty nice.

I've been very pleased with the performance of these brakes. I had not used centerpulls before and my very first impression was that they were "mushy" compared to the side-pulls on other road bikes, but I quickly realized it was modulation. I can feel in my hands that more squeeze equals more braking power.

I've been running 28c Schwalbe Durano tires with Honjo (bent in an accident) and now VO fenders. The clearances are good.

Proud daddy pics here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111496061371485598754/RacingRivRam?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Cheers,

BykMor

[Ryan Ray]

Green (the best color) and the braze-ons. Nice.

- Ryan