On one of the lists...maybe this one, maybe iBob, somebody listed a set of XTR V-brakes and levers for a price too-good-to-pass up. My Appaloosa complete came with generic V-Brakes, and worked perfectly fine, as generic V-Brakes always do. Nevertheless, the too-good-to-pass-up price led me to upgrade. Now my Appaloosa is rocking XTR brakes. They came to me with worn out stock brake pads, but I had some new salmon koolstops on hand, natch. The XTR levers have their clamp bolt tucked out of the way, playing nice with the inside mount thumbies. While I was doing the swap, I was able to deploy my new favorite find: I bought a shop-roll of Jagwire brake housing from Jenson USA that is reflective! It's black housing with a silvery stripe. The silvery stripe is bright white reflective when car headlights shine on it. An entrepreneurial type should buy a shop-roll and then re-sell it in single bike quantities to conspicuity zealots.
Anyway, pictures prove that Appaloosa is upgradeable. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jJa-KXj9itI/V0Xjml_M2UI/AAAAAAAADOM/-_YBgDzu6OIRh8ucHCzKqnzF7N8k6F4TACLcB/s1600/IMG_0973.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vJMZEcJzkKU/V0XjqIK7H6I/AAAAAAAADOQ/D1UiQPNGOaoGH_WC20RkYd1VzPllW6VOwCLcB/s1600/IMG_0971.JPG> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
