Last week Jim Thill posted that he finally completed a 200k on his Atlantis. First congrats to Jim on that. About the same time I read the post my LBS called and said the Phil Wood bottom bracket On my Rambouillet was toast and would need to be sent out, turn around time 2 weeks. There was only one week to the BBS 200k. Rain was predicted for the day of the ride and I only had two working bikes with fenders, The QB and the Atlantis. I haven't been trainning enough but I have been doing it on the QB. For a fleeting minute I thought about using it but then I recalled how sick the hills can be on any brevet so the Atlantis got the nod.
I don't ride the Atlantis much. I got a sweet deal on the frame several years ago and built it up for touring so it mostly looks good hanging up in the garage waiting for the cross country trip I am promising my self in a few years when I turn 55. I trainned on it for a couple of day to make sure everything was good and then loaded it on the car rack and headed off for the brevet. I was in full Riv mode with shelacked and twined handlebars, a Boxy Baggins and a Little Joe. Oh yeah the bike also sports toe clips so I was in shoes without cleats. The bike worked out just fine and I was glad I had it instead of the QB. Since it was set up for touring it had a 46/36/26 tripple and a 12-34 7 speed freewheel in the rear. The first third of the ride was fine all done in the middle and upper chainrings. The middle third had some long grinding climbs and my lack of trainning showed. From the half way point of the ride on I needed that small chainring when ever the road would get steep. I kept a reasonable pace and spun a low gear and made it to the end in 11 hours even. I enjoyed riding that Atlantis but the Rambouillet will remain my brevet bike. One thing I noticed was the the Atlantis felt heavy. I ride a 61cm atlantis and a 62cm Rambouillet. I weighed the Atlantis when I got home and found it weighed a touch over 28lbs. This is for the bike, nitto bag rack, SKS fenders, no pump, no bags and no water bottles. The build is all Suntour XC Pro so there is nothing heavy weight there. But the wheels are CR18's and 37 mm Paselas. For a big touring bike with heavy tires I did not think that 28lbs was too bad. I am curious not to see what the Rambouillet weighs when I get it back. Still recovering but looking forward to my next ride. Larry Powers "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
