[CR] MAFAC 2000 versus Competition?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: "Jon Spangler" <jonswriter@att.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:08:08 -0700
To: Dale Brown <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] MAFAC 2000 versus Competition?


Listers,

I had gold-anodized MAFAC 2000 CP brakes on my 1975 Peugeot PX-10 LE but sold them at a bike swap years ago for $20, or about 15-20% of their current street value... :-( sigh)

But I never really looked at the differences between 2000s and the Competitions before starting work on my Allegro build.

Am I correct that the 2000s were MAFAC's "deluxe Racers" and a longer-reach version of the Competition design?

After searching the CR archives and looking at Velobase I have not found comparative specs on the two brakes side by side. (And yes, I know that there were a few generations of both brakes.)

Does anyone have any good descriptions of the differences between them or good stories about those two models?

Thanks very much for the enlightenment I know will follow...

Jon Spangler Alameda, CA 94501

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