If you decide you want to sell your mini-motos, please shoot me a message. I've got a project that might could use them. Thanks! -Steve
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:39:06 PM UTC-4, Peter M wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]>. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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. 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