Classic centre pull bicycle brakes. MAFAC, Weinmann etc. Overview & overhaul. All you need to know!

[@kyle8952]

"This is real life not park tools videos" you're giving me flashbacks to setting up a threadless fork for the first, and hopefully last time.

[@koukouvania]

great clear video thank you!! now i can figure out why my weinmanns STILL dont work after i took them apart and put them back together hahah

[@tommyb2129]

What a wonderful and enjoyable resource you provide, especially on a chilly February morning at my bench in the US midwest, as I decide to install an old set of Mafac racers from my parts bin on a 70s Motobecane Miirage. Thank you so much for this helpful video.

[@robflohil774]

It's a lot easier to put the springs back in place after a complete reassembly of the brake levers onto the backplate. I use a pair of pliers for this.

[@Metal-Possum]

Regarding the red and black washers. It absolutely does make a difference. The red ones go faster.

[@owengreenberg9873]

"You might be thinking, get on with it" This made me go "oh my god I know absolutely nothing" because I was already learning quite a lot

[@johnnyboy1586]

Always been a big fan of the mafax centre pull ,,good stopping power when set up well ,and nice looking.g design

[@Bikeops2021]

Simple but effective... it's all a bike needs!

[@MrKingNica]

I needed this video so bad I have a 1991 Schwinn predator and it’s so hard to find information on it I guess and its components but these are the kind of brakes I have and I just wanna overhaul them clean them and maybe set up the brakes myself if I can with a couple of tools but thank you so much thank you so so much for this video I wish you happy holidays

[@sprocketandwheel]

You are missing, perhaps the best stopping brake ..the commonly found Universal from Italy..

[@Merseysiderful]

My 1986 Raleigh Granada Tourer had Weinmann 610 brakes with 27 inch wheels. They were very good and dependable especially when carrying loaded panniers on tour. As far as I know, centre pull brakes are no longer manufactured.

[@Velocipedium]

Paul components make them.

[@cynon767]

DiaCompe still makes them, in the same style as Weinmann, same as they have since the 60s.

[@TheMrer]

René Herse manufacture some as well.

[@johnsmithers284]

velo orange has a pair

[@hughwatson9136]

good vid. i would call the main mounting part a yoke,

[@Velocipedium]

Makes sense, now you’ve said it. I’m ok when writing, but when talking I forget names of things!

[@753Jackson]

Excellent content. I have the Mafac Competition but the straddle cables are impossible to get for this model. Are there any alternatives out now? The Racer only has one nipple end. This seems like a better idea. Mafac competition uses thin straddle wires with nipples on both ends. A Dia Compe (or Weinmann) 750 straddle will be completely unsuitable, because a) the length is wrong b) the nipples are the wrong shape c) the cable itself is the wrong diameter

[@benspeedschannel888]

ATF acetone is fantastic stuff 😎

[@benspeedschannel888]

I’ve never seen Briwax used as lubricant before, very interesting

[@Velocipedium]

Any clear non-setting wax. It’s clean.

[@benspeedschannel888]

@@Velocipedium I’ll have to give it a go, I’ve got an old Humber that I’m building up and I’ve bought some centre pull callipers to put on it, I’ll Nick some briwax off my dad when I rebuild them prior to fitting. I’m a new subscriber by the way, from Neath in South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I’m really enjoying your content 👍👍😎😎

[@leopoldoparada76]

Called cantilever brakes as well - very efficient for cyclocross and gravel

[@WWB9mm]

No, none of the centre pull brakes here are cantilever brakes. Entirely different items.

[@Velocipedium]

Cantilever brakes are sometimes referred to as centre pull, especially by people who don’t know about these brakes. In UK especially they get called that

[@WWB9mm]

@@Velocipedium Shame, that. Here in the Colonies, we're quite established on the differences between Cantilever and CentrePull brakes. I have fork-boss mounted Mafac RAID brakes on my new bike, and they are superlative!

[@doronron7323]

Thank's again Rowan. Why wax and not grease for pivot lube?

[@Velocipedium]

Wax doesn’t get dirty like grease, and it doesn’t go gummy. Nothing wrong with grease, I just prefer wax

[@raulguedes7247]

Hi there. Why are the arms of the first on is in a diferente direction of the others? I thought they were weaker but i ve seen top tier ones with arms like that.

[@Velocipedium]

I don’t understand what you mean