Bill! I was only making a topic for clarity and simplicity, in no way was meaning to make you look like a village idiot. I think that upgrades like brakes and wheelsets are often overlooked but can make the biggest difference to a ride (or in this case, "a slow down"). Sorry for the tongue in cheek maybe coming off as a maybe less helpful post, was meant in good fun.
Again, I have had a great trip watching your Appaloosa grow up. Thanks as always for your contributions here!! On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 9:58:59 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Zach > > I don't know that it would be fair for me to call you "wrong". If that's > how you wanted to understand what I did, then I wouldn't try to talk you > out of it. > > From my perspective, it was the equivalent of seeing a hat that I liked, > and buying it on impulse, because I liked it. Did I *need* a hat? > Probably not. Did I *need * to run Shimano XTR brakes on my Appaloosa? > No. Did I *need* to change brake cable housing on my Appaloosa? No. > > I did, however, decide to upgrade the brakes on my Appaloosa, and that > decision has led to several improvements to my bicycle. Two of those > several improvements were: > > 1. New cable housing made the brakes less squishy > 2. New cable housing is reflective, further increasing my conspicuity > > There are other improvements, but I wouldn't encourage people to > desperately start searching for NOS XTR brakes. I bought them used and on > impulse for a price that I felt was too low to pass up. I shared the story > for the entertainment of the group. If a fellow Appaloosa owner goes and > swaps brake cable housing and finds a big improvement, while leaving the > stock brakes in place, I will be similarly entertained to hear about it. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 6:51:16 PM UTC-7, Zach Kahl wrote: >> >> Am I wrong to understand that you bought new brakes when all you needed >> to do in the first place was replace your housing? >> >> Thanks for the updates with your journey of the Appaloosa, it's been a >> fun one to watch. >> > -- 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.
