I hate when Riv skips the down tube shifter braze-ons and replaces them with stops. Unlike the Joe the new Atlantis should be more compatible with drop bars (shorter Top Tube) and whatever shifters you might want to use. (Downtube, bar-end, brifters, indexing or not).
Riv has been pushing hard for friction and upright bars and stops are fine for that, but it doesn't mean all Riv owners want to run that. Even Analog (one of there dealers) prefers drops, when run high and close. If you really want simple, cheap and "only shift when you absolutely need to" shifting then friction downtubers are the way to go! (and I really mean that in a good Rivish way) -Dave J On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 6:10:48 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > The BLUG today announced an upcoming pre-sale for a less expensive > Atlantis. No doubt they will be made in Taiwan. The pricing hint is "a > tad more than an Appaloosa". Is it good that Rivendell is evolving? I say > yes. Is it a little sad that the Atlantis is changing? I say sure, a > little. I'd bet a dollar that some of their recent cashflow worries came > from the financials around this change. Made to order frames are expensive > but cost you nothing until somebody wants to buy one. Taiwan builds have > to be done in expensive pre-paid runs, which require a bunch of cash on > hand. > > The curved double TT of the biggest size was on instagram I think. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
