Summary: The Rivendell Atlantis is a masterpiece. It is arguably the finest loaded touring frameset ever made. Rivendell/Grant just put a lot of time, money and emotional energy into a re-design of their true "flagship". They made it ~$1000 less expensive, more stable (longer) and more comfortable (upright), while not eliminating the $2700 original. Some people seem to disapprove of one or more of these objectives, but none has explained why they think the Rivendell MIT Atlantis will be an inferior loaded touring bicycle to its predecessor. Most capitalist humans express their disapproval of a durable good by not buying it. Some people would just try to say something nice to Grant/Riv, seeing as they essentially just saved themselves from closing. If you can't possibly think of something constructive and positive to say, and just can't hold in your complaints and criticisms, I guess let them fly if you must. I think the MIT Atlantis is a splendid looking bike, and I know for a fact I've never ridden a bike like it, because there's never been a bike quite like it. I'm eager to hear more about it, and I hope it works out for Rivendell Bicycle Works.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 3:10:48 PM UTC-7, 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.
