Unless he is considering some extensive wilderness kind of touring, I would suggest he look into an Ebisu. I used one to commute for many years and found it to have a good, stable ride on 38mm tires. with steel fenders. I only sold mine when a very good used Saluki in my size popped up on this site, and my touring had all gone to the tandem. Nice looking bike too.
Michael On Sunday, May 11, 2014 5:56:17 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I know that the Atlantis is R's most popular model (I think it is anyway) > and I know many listmembers use them for touring. I asked this question on > the iBoblist and got many responses, but perhaps asking it here in a more > focused fashion will raise more guiding advice about the choice as loaded > touring bike of the Atlantis in particular. > > I have a client who is a surgeon (ie, he can afford what he wants) who > wants to do some loaded touring. We got to talking and I quickly > recommended the Atlantis, and he was very interested. > > I got an email from him yesterday; apparently he had called Rivendell to > ask for their catalogue and discovered that there is a 5 month waiting list > for the Atlantis. > > My question to yawl is: considering other possibilities from the LHT to a > custom Bruce Gordon, is the Atlantis, *as touring bike*, special enough to > warrant a wait? Or would you advise other choices? > > He presently has a Trek 1420 that is about 15 years old; don't know > anything about that model. > > What about a Hunquapillar? -- too beefy/off road built? Sam Hillborne? > > Me, having owned a Sam Hill and now owning a Ram with clearance for 35 mm > Kojaks and fenders, I'd probably opt for the Ram for touring, flex be > damned. > > Thanks, Patrick > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > ************************************* > > "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." > Flannery O'Connor > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
