Jim: V-brakes were Plan B because that would require a change of levers. I've not had any personal experience with them but see them on a lot of bikes, especially tandems. They look like a good set-up for a bike that gets packed & shipped, being tidy & out of the way.
Did your Atlantis come with V-brakes or did you change them? dougP On Sep 7, 1:46 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > That's cool Doug. I love Atlantis data. > > My own story this summer was a bit different. I did a tour and found good > satisfaction with the Deore V Brakes when slowing down my loaded Atlantis on > some steep hills. > > -Jim W. > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> > >Sent: Sep 7, 2011 11:33 AM > >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > >Subject: [RBW] Wide profile cantis solved the problem > > >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 > >athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
