aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,509
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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Mafacs are excellent brakes. Durable and reliable. They work well. They are a bit tricky to set up, but as someone else already said, cantilevers are much trickier.
I have a 1971 Raleigh Super Course which came with Weinmann brakes. I switched them to Mafacs, and I'm extremely happy.
I haven't used Pauls, so I can't compare.