on 10/29/09 7:57 AM, Ray at [email protected] wrote: > Question: Is it practical to use an Atlantis on the ACA Great Divide > Route, as opposed to a hard-tail mountain bike with suspension fork? > I am thinking about mounting some appropriate large 700c knobbies, > maybe a suspension seat post or a Brooks Flyer, and probably pull a > trailer (as opposed to panniers). I have spent the past several days > reading through the journals of others who have ridden the route, and > the over-whelming bike of choice is a hard-tail mtb with suspension > forks. > > What is max tire width I can use on my Atlantis? The RBW site no > longer spec's that, just a recommended minimum. > > By the way, I realize that a Bombadil would fit the bill nicely. But, > I don't have the funds at present to purchase one, and I already own a > great Atlantis, which I just used on the Western Express route with > panniers. Just wondering if I should think about "fixing up" my > Schwinn Moab 3 hardtail for the Great Divide, or use the tour-tested > Atlantis instead.
My bias is always towards simpler systems. The longer the ride, the less variables the better. With a suspension fork, you definitely add complexity, parts and bits that can fail. A bit easier on the arms/wrists of course, but you can tune the ride with large volume tires. The original Atlantis flyers show it with a 52 Nanoraptor - http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/atlantis/atlflyer/03.html Looks like there's still some room if you don't run fenders. Trust you came across Kent Peterson's writings on the subject. http://tinyurl.com/kp-ridesearch - J -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
