On the other hand, those guys have a team van with a mechanic aboard following along. Care to guess what the most common on-the-road service used to be? That's right, it was brake centering.

It still is isn't it? Except almost all are fake brake services for a free Team Car push back to the pack.

I probably run my brakes a little looser than many people so I've only stopped mid-ride to center my '80s road brakes like 2-3 times in my entire life.

My single pivot brakes stay centered. I've got thousands of miles on them with no adjustment after the original install. If you are using good brakes with a serrated washer and your brakes don't stay centered you are doing something wrong.

If your center pivot experiance comes from cheap 70s-80s bikes you are right, many of them are close to garbage.

this is and old post, but some will undoubtedly use the replies like I usually do.

not exactly true on this last statement, it can be tricky keeping them centered. I've got campy NR and dura ace 7400, had others -------------- they can move. but thats a diff issue.

single and dual perform completely differently, and even the best single don't compare in stopping ease or modulation to the 7700 and beyond. no--------------comparison. just rebuilt a late 70s's early 80's molteni merckx, and the only older dura ace part were a beautiful set of 7400 calipers with nice pads. biggest regret was not springing for the 7700 calipers, because I had to change out the rear bolt to fit on the frame. now I'm in search of a dual pivot 7700 set to change out the bolt and replace the 7400, because the stopping power drives me crazy, especially the quick stops that are sometimes needed and I'm used to with the more modern calipers.

double. if you want orig and hang it on a wall or ride those types of rides that require the orig stuff before 1986, then yes, single.

+ 1.