Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i think jury's out on that one, although i'm sure popular opinion dictates that centrepulls are useless antiques. Paul makes a nice set of centrepulls but for a price. if you can get your paws on a set of mafac racers then go for it, they're as strong as any brake you'd want.
this article explains it better than i can.
http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/html/101_sidepull.html
Good centrepulls eg: mafac are very good and generally have better mud clearance than sidepulls. As jeremy said there are only a few centrepulls worth using. I ran a set of Mafac's on my cross bike last season...they were great.