The Hunt for Paul Racers continues...

[James Fune]

Greetings all,

I recently scored a pair of Racers for my Homer and upon installation, I discovered my 50cm frame requires a long reach set, even for the 650b wheels they are designed around. You can imagine the disappointment at my lack of foresight! And so I resigned to my fate and reinstalled my Tektro R559s...

If you are looking to offload a long reach Racer set (for a reasonable price) I will be happy to purchase them from you.

Best,

James from Richmond VA

[Charles Staunton]

The story of my life. So much to learn, so many expensive lessons.

Thank you

-Charlie 

Virgil Normal

4157 Normal Ave.

Los Angeles, Ca 90029

(323)741-8489

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[Sebastian Rodriguez]

Thats weird, i have a 51 AHH 650B (the dark gold one) and i fitted the Paul Racers just fine.  Is a 50 cm from an older production run?

[Ken Yokanovich]

There are 2 different versions of Paul Racer brakes:

"Racer Medium" designed around 47-57mm reach

"Racer" for 57-72mm reach

[James Fune]

Sebastian, I’m wondering if your Racers are the ‘normal’ Racer brakes sold by Paul comp and Rivendell with a 57mm-67mm reach. It seemed mine were the ‘mid reach’ version (47mm-57mm) which is specified in the title and specs when purchasing from both sites. My frame is a Toyo 2012, so I guess it could be considered older!

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[Sebastian Rodriguez]

I got these:

https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/components/brakes/center-pull-brakes/racer/

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[James Fune]

You got the correct version that I failed to verify. Here is the one I received.

https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/components/brakes/center-pull-brakes/racer-medium/

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[Gregory Johnson]

Incidentally I just ordered a pair of silver Paul Racers from https://www.paulcomp.com/ for my Homer.  They said they will ship in about two weeks.

Greg

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[iamkeith]

On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 10:56:55 AM UTC-6 fun...@vcu.edu wrote:

I recently scored a pair of Racers for my Homer and upon installation, I discovered my 50cm frame requires a long reach set, even for the 650b wheels they are designed around.

Something you'll find interesting (and that hopefully doesn't come across as rubbing salt in a wound) is that, in fact, the long-reach Paul Racer was designed around the A. Homer Hillsen - not the other way around.

More specifically, Paul designed the Racer at a request by Grant, to enable the production of a new bike he had designed, and through which he wished to reintroduce the world the obsolete 650b wheel size,  called the Saluki.  The Saluki later had it's name changed to A. Homer Hillsen, with no other changes (at least in your frame size).

The original point of using the 650b wheels in this exercise was to allow for fatter tires, not unlike people achieve with conversions of 700c bikes, but with no compromises in geometry.  Purpose-built. 

But it's all cool, because the Tektro brake was ALSO created specifically at the behest of, and with input from, Rivendell!

[James Fune]

Wow, that is some cool info to know. Thanks Keith! I had heard that Grant was a big reason for the R559s but didn’t know his input was considered for long reach Racers.

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[Russell Duncan]

James,

I’d be interested in buying those medium reach racers from you. That way you’ll b able to start a kitty to buy the long reach ones that you need.

Russell in western Massachusetts 

[James Fune]

Hi Russell,

Thanks for the inquiry. I forgot to update my post to mention the racers were already sold. Also, they were blue so I’m not sure if that would have been of interest.

James

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[Russell Duncan]

Thanks James, blue wouldn’t have been a good fit with everything thing else being silver. Good luck finding LR Racers. I love Paul products. Pricy but well made. No tariff costs and we’re not buying from over there, wherever rice is the cheapest. 

Russell Duncan

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