although it's not a classic bicycle,
i have mafac racers on my rivendell road.
the calipers cost me eight dollars, and a
couple of nights and six grades of wet/dry
sandpaper gave me a mirror finish.
i use suntour superbe levers and kool stop
eagle pads. the first time i had the bike
out with the new pads (i had been using
the original pads for a couple of weeks)
i nearly locked the front wheel up.
also there is now absolutely no noise from the
pads. i am very happy with the mafacs. this
of course is straying from the topic of classic
bikes, but i do think these brakes are
sometimes given short shrift.
Stephen Fredette
Hull, Massachusetts