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 at >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- 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.
