hi Wes. I have Paul Neo-Retro <https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/components/brakes/cantilever-brakes/neo-retro/> cantis on my Atlantis, front and rear. I've never felt a need to use a combination of the Neo-Retro in front and the Paul Touring in the back that a lot of people do. The idea is that Touring cantis in the back interfere less with panniers and heal clearance. I've just never had these problems with Neo-Retros on the back, and I've had them on multiple bikes.
The Neo-Retros perform great and look fantastic. I love wide profile cantis. They're not especially trickier to set up than other brakes. I think they are unfairly maligned as far as setup goes. I have silver ones on my Atlantis, but I think black or pewter would look great on yours (if you want to stick with something similar to the dark grey aesthetic of your XTR V-brakes). The Paul Touring cantis look plain and ordinary to me. You will also likely have to get new short pull brake levers (unless your current levers can switch from long pull for V-brakes to short pull). The Paul Canti Levers are great, too. You just can't go wrong with a Paul canti setup! The only downside is that they are pricey. Good luck! Jim On Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 4:19:02 PM UTC-4 Wesley wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m in the middle of getting some work done on my Atlantis, including new > wheels built with Velocity Cliffhanger rims and 48mm tires. My mechanic > mentioned that my current XTR V-brakes are maxed out with the wider rims > and suggested swapping to cantilever brakes for better clearance and brake > lever feel. > > I wanted to reach out to see if anyone has gone through a similar swap and > if you have any recommendations, particularly for something from Paul > Component? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. > > Thanks in advance for any advice! > > Cheers, > > Wes > > [image: Atlantis.JPEG] > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0d1f38cd-9d6c-452d-9ffe-7da2cc0addc3n%40googlegroups.com.
