I have the same combo on one of my favorite and, at one time, mosy ridden bikes. I always heard and believed the theory that the touring ( or any low-profile) model was supposed to be stronger but more binary (on/off), while the neo retro (or any wide-profile model) offered more modulation and sublety. Until I locked the neo retro up during a panic stop and went over the handlebars one time. There's a lot of nuance in how you adjust them and their staddle wires, but I would never consider the neo retro to not have strong enough stopping power
On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 4:49:11 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > I run Paul Canti brakes on a number of bikes. > > The touring brake model should be more powerful than the Neo-Retro when > you account for both the angle of the arms and the yoke angle. As such, > the greater mechanical advantage of the Neo-Retro arm is offset by the > lower mechanical advantage of the yoke angle of these setups IIRC. > > As such, I use Paul touring brakes F/R for rim brake 29ers and generally > run the Neo-Retro F and Touring rear for all other bikes. Both brakes > perform well when setup properly with good compressionless housing. > > No wrong answers and I started with the touring ones in back many years > ago for the same reason as you. > > -Justus > Mpls, MN > > On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 5:07:08 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I started out with Neo Retros front and rear, found that the rears >> intefered with panniers, and switched to Touring in the rear. >> >> I can't really say that the front is more powerful than the rear; both >> have very stiff housing hangers -- rear is brazed on, front is Rene Herse. >> >> Others who have used both: can you say whether it's worth keeping the Neo >> Retros in front? >> >> Tho' I do hear that this f/r combo is not uncommon. >> >> -- >> >> 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c7139620-08c2-427e-8447-8eecd294cdbcn%40googlegroups.com.
