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