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Old 01-09-26 | 03:18 AM
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Once Again, MAFAC Pads

So, as detailed here, I installed some MAFAC "Racer"s on the '71 Raleigh. They look great, they feel great...

The front screams like Rob Halford.

And, since the pads are of an unknown-but-way-too-old age, I'm thinking of swapping.

I don't have any particular attachment to the 4-dot holders. (They're whatever ones were curved at the front and satin-finish aluminum.) And all-in-one canti-post pads are plentiful and cheap. Even the Kool-Stop Thinlines are 2/3s the price of the 4-dot inserts, and the black Dia-Compes are half again cheaper than that. Thus the question asks itself: What have y'all used, and how did you get along with them?

Are there any with the ability to adjust toe-in not-stupidly? (Yes, bending brake calipers with a long-arsed lever as an "adjustment" is friggin' stupid. Even, indeed especially, if it works. Leaving aside the embarrassingly large potential to break the brake, "adjustments" are by definition temporary.)
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