http://blackmountaincycles.blogspot.com/2013/03/get-most-out-of-your-canit-brake.html
On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 4:49:20 PM UTC-7, René wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've had Paul Cantis on my Atlantis (and Hunqapillar) since I acquired > them. Paul Centerpulls on the Homer after using the original Silver brakes, > and now will have Compass brazed Centerpulls on the custom. I've also read > everything I could find, including BQ's excellent volume on brakes to > understand how to adjust these brakes properly. > > The question is regarding the brakes on my Atlantis. On the front it has > the Paul Neo-Retro and on the rear the Paul Tourer. Per my education, the > Neo-Retro needs the cable yoke to be as high as possible and the Tourer as > low as possible for optimal function. > > When braking, the rear Tourer brake which by design should be less > powerful, feels excellent, both in braking power and modulation. In fact, I > can brake really well with it alone, and use it primarily to slow down > prior to turns. > > Braking with the front Neo-Retro feels as if it has very little power and > is very hard to stop the bike unless you press really hard. It doesn't feel > as if it modulates, it's just that it's hard to stop the wheel. > > My experience before was usually the opposite, where the rear brake wasn't > enough on its own, but you had to be careful with the front. > > I changed the pads on both brakes to see if that made a difference, but it > didn't. > > Is there anything I'm missing? Is that just how these brakes work? I'm > tempted to switch the front Neo-Retros for a set of Tourer brakes that were > in the rear of my Hunqapillar, but am concerned I won't be able to get the > cable yoke low enough with the front rack attachment. > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > René > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
