Thanks for all the information! I'm going to use upright bars on this bike. I've got some Paul Love levers lying around from another project and although I know that they're "long pull" levers, I may give them a go on the Atlantis. I thought about ordering some of the Paul canti specific levers, but these are already paid for!
Any thoughts and thanks again! Tony On Jan 6, 5:32 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > The main thing is to get levers that are specifically marked as being > appropriate for road calipers, cantilevers, or short pull. > > On Jan 6, 3:59 pm, revnine <revn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm in the process of building my Atlantis and had a (hopefully) quick > > question about brakes. I'm confused about the terminology used to > > describe different brakes--specifically "linear" brakes-- as well as > > brake levers. I understand that the term "linear" brakes usually > > refers to a V-Brake, but I'm not sure how the terminology describes > > how the brake works and I' get even more confused when trying to apply > > the term to brake levers. > > > As a corollary to the above question I do know that I'll be using Paul > > Touring Canti's on the Atlantis--any suggestions on an appropriate > > match for a brake lever? What are the implications with a brake lever > > mis-match with this particular brake? > > > Thanks all! > > > Tony --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
