I have bikes with both and feel like the touring canti is more powerful than the neo-retro but feel like that shouldn't be the case. I believe that I read somewhere that the physics involved in the neo-retro should provide more leverage and power but that simply hasn't been my experience. Of course, this could just be my setup including cable length and bend angle, brake pads, wheels, etc. That said, if I were ordering a set, I'd go touring canti every time given my experience and the lower profile of the touring. Most of my bikes have racks, bags, fenders, and the neo-retro gets in the way sometimes. I will say that it's hard to compare a single front brake to a single rear brake as the front usually feels stronger due to the forward weight shift that occurs when slowing a bicycle.
On Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 9:31:30 AM UTC-4 rcook...@gmail.com wrote: > Patrick, > > I have one bike with the NR-front/Touring-rear combination (which I chose) > and one with Touring front and rear (bike came that way). Both brake well > with decent modulation. Too many variables involved to say which is better, > though I wouldn't be surprised if the NR have slightly better modulation. > > -- > Bob > > On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 4:07:08 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I started out with Neo Retros front and rear, found that the rears >> intefered with panniers, and switched to Touring in the rear. >> >> I can't really say that the front is more powerful than the rear; both >> have very stiff housing hangers -- rear is brazed on, front is Rene Herse. >> >> Others who have used both: can you say whether it's worth keeping the Neo >> Retros in front? >> >> Tho' I do hear that this f/r combo is not uncommon. >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c5cb36f1-edb2-436d-9ab1-c4adb24c421an%40googlegroups.com.
