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Submitted by
stokedonspokes
a Racer
from San Francisco CA
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | miwok/old rr grade | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | great brakes when set, excellent mud clearance and stopping power | | Weaknesses: | setup kinda painful | | Similar Products Used: | avid cantis | | Bike Setup: | scott cx bike. run a paul neo retro front, and a touring rear | | Bottom Line: | outperform the avids and shi(t)manos i've used. touring brake in the rear is excellent for dismounts required in cross (sorry i know this is technically a mtb forum, but cross is mtbs bizarre much older uncle). don't know what everyone's complaining about, the setup is abit weird but doesn't require the frame pins. and cantis are wayyyy better than V-brakes for nasty conditions. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nrdbomber
a Cross Country Rider
from Livermore, CA
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | The Quarry | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Calbicycles | | Strengths: | The brakes are some of the strongest, I have ever used. And they are uber adjustable!! | | Weaknesses: | I haved't found any yet | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, and avid canti's | | Bottom Line: | These are the best brakes I have ever used, and I love how adjustable they are...and the super ease of set-up was amazing!! I am really amazed about all of the negative feed back on these brakes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
B
a Cross Country Rider
from NorCal
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | direct | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Limited ajustability. Worst customer service period!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Pretty much every canti ever made. | | Bike Setup: | 1 speed | | Bottom Line: | Bought touring brakes, levers, and moon units.
Brakes didn't work on frame.
Called them and PAUL said to "file" them- absurd!!!
Get ra to send back
Sat in Chico for 3 weeks
no refund- no calls or emails returned just sent back
HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE
Not hard to set up, but had 3 different directions on website
very little vertical pad ajustability and too much slop in brakes and lever
Buy some Shimano's PAUL and see how brakes should be made | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Racer
from Alberta
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | makes a good paper weight. wait, i've just offended paper weights... | | Weaknesses: | set-up | | Similar Products Used: | my feet just like fred flinstone | | Bike Setup: | a diamond frame with two wheels. who cares. | | Bottom Line: | terrible setup and adjustment. 3 hands are required, 1 to hold the 4mm key, 2 to hold the 5mm, and 3 to hold the 15mm cone wrench. yep, you read that right: a cone wrench. in an attempt to be different for the sake of being different, paul violates the simple principle of form following function. take a bow, chico man, you just won first prize for the worst product ever conceived. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe P
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | University Falls Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | Veloce Bike Shop Portland, OR | | Strengths: | Im reviewing the MotoBMX brakes. These brakes are sweet. They allowed me to convert my singlespeed mt bike into a 700cc wheeled fixed gear. When I had a question about the set up I called Paul Components and actually spoke with Paul. Super nice brakes and great customer service. | | Weaknesses: | They look too good. I fear that someone will steal them off my bike. | | Similar Products Used: | Avid Arch Rivals, Shimano XT (junk) Shimano XTR (sweet) | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Redline Monocog Fixed Gear Conversion. Redline Frame & Fork. 700CC wheels. 42 X 18 drivetrain. Paul MotoBMX front brake. | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking to run 700cc rims on your mt bike you need this brake. The pads adjust up and down the brake arms to allow for the higher braking area of the 700cc rims. I am using bull horn bars with a cane creek cross brake lever and the power and modulation are spot on. The brakes came with Kool Stop brake pads which were nice but I prefer the ritchey all weather pads. These brakes were easy to set up and look great. In a little over a year of use the finish looks as good as new. This is an innovative brake from a great company. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Nokomis, FL USA
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Tsali | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | 60.00 | | Strengths: | Clean design, quality parts, lightweight, works | | Weaknesses: | I would prefer a Phil Woods finish | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Avids, Spooky, old stuff like Graftons | | Bike Setup: | Rivendell Allrounder | | Bottom Line: | These brakes are fine. Reasonably easy to setup (Avids are better) and they work fine. I am using the Touring model for my needs. My only complaint is the so so finish but they are as good as any of the other "high end" options out there. If Paul would take a page from the Phil Wood school of quality they could really kick some ass. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
monica
a Cross Country Rider
from boston, ma, usa
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | any in boxford sf | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes.com | | Strengths: | light and beautiful | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | tektro (880s?) / v-brakes / mech disc | | Bike Setup: | cross | | Bottom Line: | i don't know what these people a fussing about,
may be a different model.
i have a neo retro and a touring brake. they are
very straight forth to setup. it's not difficult, a wrench,
an allen wrench and some sense will do.
i've used them with cantilever mtb brake levers,
with cantilever road brake levers and with STIs,
they brake.
the front one, the neo retro, is currently rattling
my fork back and forth and i'm seeking advice
from paul on how to avoid this. the ordeal seems
to be with the braking force, and the brake pad.
all said, they are light, they look good, they stop. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
elaine ostrander
a Cross Country Rider
from mazama, wa
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | goat mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | www.paulcomp.com | | Strengths: | None | | Bottom Line: | Paul, what are you smoking down there in Chico? These touring cantis suck. The springs don't seat, the adjusting nuts are just plain wrong, and we won't even mention the o-rings (Paul, do you even know how o-rings are supposed to work?)
If you like overpriced non-functioning eye-catchers, buy them. If you want brakes for your ride, buy something else. Paul brakes are an absolute and utter piece of crap. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert
a Cross Country Rider
from Raleigh, NC
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Very cool looking. I have an AMP rear and had to go with a side pull. This was before the V brakes were available. | | Weaknesses: | To mooshy, and to much adjustments. Uneven pressure on rim. | | Similar Products Used: | AVID and V's | | Bike Setup: | Dagger AMP B3. AMP D-1 disc, SID SL, Crossmax disc. | | Bottom Line: | Go with a V-brake or a disc. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Petri Ukura
a weekend warrior
from Finland
Date Reviewed: September 7, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These brakes are better than most v-brakes. I use these brakes in rear
in my bicycle, good feeling and enought power. But to my next bike I'm
gonna buy Hope disk brakes. I don't think that they are so hard too
adjust, easier than most, but wtb speedmasters are the easiest cantilever
brakes to adjust. I know, Ihave them in front. And I think that the wtb
speedmasters are the best cantis there are, buy them insted of these if you can.
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Submitted by
Ken Tan Kah Thye
a weekend warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: April 16, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
They are damn hard to adjust. The brake pad alignments, the spring tension and
the angle tat they are fixed to the frame.But once it's tuned in properly, it's very powerful and the feel and modulation
is great!Have the arms installed to the frame such tat it's horizontal to the ground
when in a free position. Then determine where to clamp the cable to the arm by
clutching the brake lever and then align the brake pads by clamping the brake
pads to the rims with a coin or watsoever equilavent.
Once it's done, you can adjust the spring tension so tat the arms are both
in the same angle.As for the construction of the linear brakes, the mechanisms are quite simple
and look quite strong and nice. And it's light.2 stars for installation, 5 stars for construction, 3 stars for price and 5
stars for braking power/modulation/feel. I'll round it off to 4 stars. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Enrique Lazaro
a weekend warrior
from Tempe Az
Date Reviewed: March 5, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
GARBAGE. I bought a pair of crosstops about 2 years ago and they gave me so many problems. I'm replacing them with xtr v's as soon as I can. Don't waste the money by going full-on custom, and if you do, make sure that the custom components you're buying are compatible with your frame. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Billie-Joe-Bob
a racer
from Hickville, USA
Date Reviewed: August 21, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
When I bought these, I was really into that whole chi-chi thing. That was a couple of years ago. Now I'm running straight Shimano. One very expensive lesson I learned was that all of that overpriced, anodized, overblown crap doesn't work any better than the stuff Shimano puts out. When setup correctly the Paul's worked just fine, but so do LX or even STX brakes. I had a set of Stoplight MC's and just wasn't impressed. When you pay $80/per you expect some huge jump in performance, but that just wasn't the case. The price could almost be justified if they were enormously light, but they're not even that. Anyway, the workmanship on the set that I had was aweful. The threads for all the bolts were just @#$ up. I think the tap that they used was getting worn, but when they preassembled the parts and noticed the screws were going in a bit tight, they just didn't give a crap. The O-rings that supposedly seal the pivots are a total joke. Just watch them fall out after every ride. If you're looking to build a roof rack ornament then get these brakes anodized rasta. If you're looking to build a serious trail bike go with LX/XT/XTR. Like the guy said below: F-U Paul, I'd like a refund. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam Heintz
a cross-country rider
from California
Date Reviewed: March 2, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Paul Crosstop III on sale $50 @ a tiny bike shop in willits, CA. 2-3*
Likes= one finger control, great modulation, sealed (more or less). Once set up, they work very well.
Dislikes= glad I didn't spend $120 on these! Hardware has to be super tight to stay put. Centering set-up is tough. Cross arm has pathetic clearance, had to bend it to get the clearance i wanted. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Colin DeForge
a racer
from Wilbraham, MA
Date Reviewed: December 22, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
The Paul CrossTop MC's are the best brakes ever. They can be used for downhill or cross country rideing. They may be a little heavy but if your worried about weight you can also get the regular crosstops for about fifty dollars more. I suggest using them with V-brake levers like the Avid Speed dials 2.0. It just makes thing a little easier. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick Brusuelas
a weekend warrior
from Fremont CA
Date Reviewed: July 4, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I have used the StopLight MCs now for about 2.5 years, replacing
Diacomp 987s on my Klein Fervor (Halson Inversion up front). They
may not be the lightest brakes, nor the easiest to adjust (eg. the
Avids), but they are strong, well made (note the use of o-ring
seals to protect the pivot) and easy enough to install and adjust
to keep them working at optimal levels. The biggest difference
between the Pauls and the Diacomps is the complete lack of
brake arm flutter which was very noticeable with the 987s. | | Overall Rating: |
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