Paul Brakes; MiniMoto v. Motolite

[Ray]

Seeking comments re: advantages, disadvantages, ease of set-up,
stopping efficiency, other comparative comments. the link:

http://paulcomp.com/minimoto.html

[Matthew J]

MiniMotos are so new on the market, may be a while yet for reviews.  Paul really seems to have winnowed the Minimotos down to just the basics.  Paul does such a good job with their other stuff, I imagine these will work well also.

[Steve Park]

MiniMoto is short pull, and the Monolite is long pull...meaning the
MiniMoto is designed to be paired with road brake levers unlike the
Monolite.
The shorter arms of the MiniMoto might not clear as huge a tire as the
MonoLite.

I dig the look of the MiniMotos, and I would not be surprised if they
work terrifically like all other Paul brakes. A nice alternative to
mini road v's like TRP CX8.4.

[Phil Bickford]

Being a big Paul fan (just so you know) it's always exciting to see a
new product emerge from Chico, California. The assumtive statements
about his stuff always being spot on are true - if it didn't work well
it wouldn't be out there IMHO.

So ....... you can take your old stumpjumper and put some easier to
set up, stronger brakes on her with no worries about disturbing the
cockpit? Those old cantilever levers will work, as do dropbar
levers, and reverse barend levers or any lever that closed a set of
cantilever brakes? Wow.

The Motolites were v-brakes, which I never used, most of my XT v-
brakes worked flawlessly, so never needed a replacement. The BMX
Motolights I did use as a cantilever replacement on a 26" to 650b
conversion mountain bike and can say were the strongest gripping and
widest reach brakes I ever used. The horizontal cable after the
noodle could interfere with the large (very large) tires.

Theses Minimotos look to have the clearance for bigger tires or
fenders on the sides. I wonder what the "reach" on these are? The
height of the arms would seem to be it's limiting factor .... But
enough of my dribble ..... Who out there has tried these? Let's hear
from them.



Phil B

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55586106@N00/4933293822/in/photostream/

[The Cripler]

I tried running a mini-moto on my Atlantis with a 50mm Big Apple. The brake itself work great. I had a little trouble getting the tension even, but I'm not entirely sure that was an issue with the brakes design. All in all it was pretty easy to set up. Unfortunately, running the mini-moto with the 50mm BA wasn't in the cards as the straddle cable was just too close to the tire to be comfortable with. Still, if I ever decide to run 35mm's on my Atlantis and had the money to spend, I'd seriously consider getting the mini-moto again.