>>1984518>they were cheap and were only found on shit tier bikes>center pull brakesvery not true.
in the 1960s mafac centerpulls were de rigueur in the pro peleton.
You can also direct mount the arms on the frame (like aero bikes now) and some extremely fancy early meme gravel bikes used this setup. I have some mafac raids that fit 2" tires.
Centerpulls kept going on some decent sport-tourers even in the 80s.
Yes many shit bikes sport universal, dia compe etc centerpulls but that's not the whole story and centerpulls themselves can be excellent brakes if you optimize them at every level, and we have better pads, levers and cables now than we had then.