Ah, you must not be married with children. Sometimes toying with perfect toe-in for 2 hours *is* a recreational activity, haha.
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 6:23 PM, The Cripler <citrowbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/LJanSdQM430J>. >>> >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.**com<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<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. > -- 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.
