John, I’ll be most interested in hearing how the Paul Touring Cantis work for you. I myself have thought of getting the Paul Neo Retros, Touring, or Linear Pull Motolites in the past. I would definitely consider them on a new build. Please post your observations when you set them. > On Jan 8, 2018, at 4:48 PM, John G. <jpgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jock: good info! Thanks for sharing! This needs to enter Official Atlantis > Lore. > > John: I've put two separate brake pads on my CX-70s, the stock ones and > Kool-Stops. Both squealed a ton. I even had them adjusted at a shop once or > twice, and that never seemed to work. I've had a decent number of cantis over > the years: Dia-Comp 960s, cheapy Tektros, IRD Cafams. The CX-70s are far and > away the squealiest I've ever owned. Plus, as Patrick sagely states, you need > at the very least 6 hands to adjust them. Double plus, I have to deflate my > Compass 44mms every time I take the wheel off. Now, I must also admit that I > could probably win a Nationwide competition on Worst Canti Adjuster. > > I may see if I can use them to convert my Voyageur to 700c from 27 inches, > but if that doesn't work, I'll send them off to anyone who wants 'em for say > 25 bucks. > > > > On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:32:13 PM UTC-5, John Bokman wrote: > John I'm curious about your squealing CX-70 brakes. I use them on my Sam and > have found them to be quiet, and the best functioning cantilevers I've ever > used. Could it be your brake pads, or toe in perhaps? Having said this, I use > Paul center pulls on another bike, and they are also fantastic. > > > > On Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 3:56:15 PM UTC-8, John G. wrote:- > Thanks, all! Mark, I’ll be using your short term solution while the Waterford > touch-up is en route. > > It’s such a relief to have the Atlantis back. Some time apart just reinforced > how much I love that bike, squealing lousy cx-70 cantis and all. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/8t5BdonIoEs/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/8t5BdonIoEs/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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