Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
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
Pastor Bob, I love that four-brake setup! I've never seen four on a bike. How well does it stop?
Sixty Fiver, of course, you and I won't find Mafacs hard to set up. But when you mentor a new mechanic, you'll get an idea of the skills you have but don't think about any more. I was training a 19 year old this past summer, and it took him over an hour to set up a Weinmann centerpull. If I had given him a Mafac, it would have taken him a day. That's the fun of teaching. You get to see what you know in slow motion to remind you of all the things you've learned along the way.