Thanks for the thoughts! I have the Yokozuna salmon pads on the v-brakes on the Atlantis and I love them. I might try replacing the Kool Stop pads with those.
I just looked at the Grand Cru brakes and am VERY tempted. Definitely have a stronger/stiffer look to them than the R559. One reviewer on VO's website says that they could fit an inflated 35mm tire through the pads when the brakes are released. 38mm is as low as I'd go on this bike, so those brakes (while definitely good looking and probably better performing than the R559s) might be out of the question for me. Ben On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 9:51:54 AM UTC-6 Tom M wrote: > +1 on replacing the stock pads, which are bad, especially in the rain. I > replaced mine with the Yokozuna pads Rivendell sells, but I'm sure the Kool > Stop would be an improvement as well. > Tom in Alexandria, VA > > On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 10:24:34 AM UTC-5 Shoji Takahashi wrote: > >> Hi Ben, >> For rim brakes, it's hard to beat the power of V-brakes. >> >> Side-pull R559 is at a further disadvantage because of the arm length. >> They worked ok on my AHH, but I changed to Paul centerpulls, which seem to >> have more power. I recall reading that VO's Grand Cru brakes work well-- >> perhaps because they're beefier than R559. >> >> (Also consider the brake pads. Riv seems to like the "ebike" Kool Stop >> pad.) >> >> Good luck! >> shoji >> Arlington MA >> >> >> >> On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 10:02:43 AM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Good morning! >>> I picked up a 2013 Sam in late October and LOVE it for a billion >>> different reasons. >>> >>> However...one area where I really prefer my Atlantis is braking. I have >>> the Shimano DXR MX70 levers and v-brakes on the Atlantis and I feel like >>> the stopping power is incredible. This is my commuter bike, set up with >>> chocos for upright riding with lots of stops. >>> >>> Sam has Shimano Tiagra levers and the Tektro r559 brakes. They just feel >>> a million times weaker. I can stop, but it's a much more gradual experience >>> than the v-brakes. The braking feels squishy. Like...I pull the levers and >>> the pads hit the rims, but I can keep pulling the levers and there's just >>> not much that happens in terms of stopping. It's almost as if not enough >>> force gets transferred into the pads. >>> >>> The brakes are set up correctly, slight toe-in, arm that moves up toward >>> the rim has pad touching at bottom of braking surface, arm that moves down >>> toward rim has pad at top of braking surface. I think they contact the rim >>> with the appropriate amount of movement of the lever, too. >>> >>> I'm about to re-do all cables and housings (even though it kind of kills >>> me to undo one of Mark's bar wrap jobs). Any tips on getting a little >>> better braking out of this setup, or are the r559s just going to not be as >>> good as v-brakes no matter how nicely they're set up? >>> >>> Thanks for any and all thoughts! >>> >>> Ben in Omaha >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/862b12cf-5e29-480d-8cdf-85e5ac11666fn%40googlegroups.com.
