The recent thread about cantis in general & my wife's Atlantis' lack of braking power during a recen tour got me motivated to once again delve into the arcane world of brakes. A few years back I had changed the original narrow profile Shimano cantis that came stock on my Atlantis in '03 to the Tektro CR-720. This was driven by a lack of braking power that was especiallly problematic with a full load. We bought my wife's Atlantis 3rd hand less than a year ago but the bike is essentially brand new, down to the original bar tape. Standard Riv build, including the narrow profile Shimano cantis. To someone's credit, it was equipped with Kool Stop Salmon pads, but even with that braking was marginal, even with careful adjustments to the set-up.
Last week I took the stock Shimano SLR brakes off my 20+ year old MTB, changed the rock hard stock pads for the Salmon Kool Stops and installed the old wide profile cantis on her Atlantis. We headed for the hills & voila! She's now quite confident in the braking power and much more comfortable. Same levers, same pads, just different geometry brakes. To Rivendell's credit, I see the Tektros are the brake listed on a typical build for the Atlantis. dougP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
