It does say "subject to change without notice" on those; and we know they changed from Toyo to W'ford anyway....
FWIW... As far as to why, I'll leave it to Grant to improve, not hurt, the design... not that earlier would be 'inferior', but, over time, he's increased clearances on bikes, and tweaked them where needed to improve... On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 11:10:10 AM UTC-4, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > That was an interesting comment from Will. I guess Sheldon Brown had > outdated data <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/atlantis.html>: > > Top Tube: True Temper .9-.6-.9, 28.6 (1-1/8") > Down Tube: True Temper Heat Treated .9-.6-.9, 31.8 (1-1.4") > Seat Tube: True Temper .9-.6 Heat Treated > Head Tube: True Temper .9 > Seat Stays: True Temper 16 mm diameter x .8 mm thickness > Chain Stays: Starlight Heat Treated > Fork Blades: True Temper 1.1mm tapering to .6 mm > > While I can see tubing substitution for more readily available ones, I > find it strange that Riv will do a complete substitution of 969 tubing for > straight gauge 0.8 mm in the main triangle. If that is acceptable, why > didn't they do it from day 1? > > > > On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 3:35:41 PM UTC+8, drew beckmeyer wrote: >> >> well i just went ahead and asked, since i was asking other questions >> anyway. >> >> via Will >> "Atlantis and Hunqapillar are both straight gauge (not a bad thing!) os x >> platinum .8mm in the main triangle. The fork is tougher on the Hunqa and >> the chainstays are thicker... The geometries are different, but the tubing >> is basically the same. Oh and Hunq forks are made in Taiwan, the rest is >> made by Waterford, which accounts for the price difference between the two >> models." >> >> >>> -- 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.
