Peter, Unfortunately my tastes run richer than my wallet. This is how I ended up with the Paul mini-motos. The fact that I live in Chico, CA and ride over to the Paul warehouse doesn't help at all either. I do know a couple folks who work there, but so far the brotherly love has yet to come in the form of any deep discount. ;) So, just don't think I can justify splurging on Paul cantis, when I have a couple of pairs of Shimano's on my bench. I can't imagine that the stopping power would be that much greater, and either way with canti's, i'd have to take them to the shop to be set up. I don't have 2 hours to fiddle on the set-up only to realize that I am a crap mechanic. ;) On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote:
> Yowza and ppl are worried about fender clearance! I dont have some love > of any kind of brake setup, they all seemed adequate in terms of stopping > for me but it seems if you have the scratch for Paul's than the neo retros > look like the dogs bollocks of all canti brakes. > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 6:11 PM, The Cripler <citrowbri...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thomas, >> >> Here is a close-up of the clearance. Kinda scary really: >> >> >> >> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PSorbVVk4aw/UAXi_KmWyMI/AAAAAAAAAB4/i1KFvXJKBws/s1600/IMG_0986%5B1%5D.JPG> >> >> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:46:06 AM UTC-7, The Cripler wrote: >> >>> A few weeks back I was lucky enough to score an Atlantis at a ridiculous >>> price. Despite the price, purchasing the bike was a tough desicion for me >>> when I, A) already had a wonderfuly fitting and riding Surly LHT; B) Wasn't >>> sure that a 58cm atlantis would provide an adequate fit; and C) have a >>> new 4 month old at home ( I may have left that part our originally!!) >>> >>> Many of you here were intergral in helping me make the leap to purchase >>> the bike and I wanted to say a big hearty thank you! So far everything >>> could not have worked out better. I was able to pass on the LHT to a good >>> friend and now new riding partner. The bike rides, fits, and looks like a >>> dream. And being that I was able to sell the LHT and some other parts to >>> fund the purchase, the wife is happy as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WkSN85QEc_M/UAV6Gsy2yWI/AAAAAAAAABg/ncgYwb6zCJg/s1600/IMG_0983%5B1%5D.JPG> >>> Here is a picture of the bike as it is now . I added some brown Big >>> Apples and Paul mini-motos on the front, and swapped out a shorter >>> stem, aside from that the bike is as it came. I still haven't decided what >>> I am going to do in regards to the brake levers (as you can tell by my >>> wacked out cabling and lack of handlebar tape). I had STI's on LHT, and >>> while I don't miss the intergated shifting, I do miss the nice hand >>> position on top of the lever. I also think I may like the clean look of >>> aero brakes better. Does anyone have a suggestion for some nice gum hooded >>> aero brake leves that offer a nice top hand position? >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/LJanSdQM430J. >> >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/2Rj1JZph6eIJ. 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.
