George: I daresay Grant would balk at this conversion. And I can understand his allegiance to rim brakes; of all the kinds of brakes, as far as I can tell, rim brakes give the biggest return in effectiveness (strength, modulation, time between fettling) with the greatest simplicity and ease of setup. And I can understand someone choosing a hybrid front disc/rear rim brake system.
But I have to say, that disc's Atlantis is really nice! On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Patrick - I don't think Grant would approve. But everyone has their own > preference. I have a Surly 1x1 with a disc on the front fork and a linear > pull on the rear. The reason for that is because when I first bought it > and had it set up like that it had a fixed/SS flip-flop hub on the rear > which would have made a disc option impossible. My experience with fixed > was short lived, however, and now I just run a single speed sprocket. I'm > not sorry that it worked out that way, though, and I like it the way it is. > > > On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 2:51:37 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I think that the custom adaptation is just right; after all, it is an >> Atlantis. Also, practically, one reason for disc brakes is that they >> eliminate rim scouring -- recall a 20 mile ride on my Joe Starck custom Riv >> Road gofast where I got caught in the rain on the return; even ~10 miles >> was enough for at least light scouring on the front (single front caliper >> brake) rim as grit in water splashed onto the rims. (Discs also allow very >> light rims to be used if that's of interest.) >> >> But if I were to customize an Atlantis with discs, I'd want it done >> symmetrically and right. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM Brenton Eastman <brenton...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> [I'm curious why you didn't just replace the fork with a disc mount >>> option and leave the rear a canti/linear pull brake?] >>> >>> While an exploratory project like this might not be the quickest or most >>> logical route, it results in a very unique ride! >>> >>> There are probably lugged frame+forks out there with Atlantis geometry >>> available to buy+build, but where's the fun in that? >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/410ffe38-c00a-4282-a0ec-133366ec3b60n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/410ffe38-c00a-4282-a0ec-133366ec3b60n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > -- > 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/190ffd70-7c0c-4ea8-9237-d72b69bac98en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/190ffd70-7c0c-4ea8-9237-d72b69bac98en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfguNhoh5fec%2BwiR7%3DZOvWVEN7fkSf99FOfEmT%3DrvDscXuQ%40mail.gmail.com.
