I get the feeling that Grant will not build bikes with his older philosophy of the shorter chain stays. If you read the information on the new customs it says longer chainstays…. Maybe he could be convinced on a custom. I bought the Hillborne to have shorter chainstays.
On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 3:31:39 PM UTC-4 Edwin W wrote: > The first Riv I ever saw was an Atlantis on the BART when I was living in > Berkeley in the late 2000s. Didn't know what it was at the time, but I > thought, that looks cool! Had a Sam, now a Joe, but I always loved that > original Atlantis. Not the current one with the bow-flex second tube in my > size. > I think Rivendell should do a run of the original(ish) Atlantis, with some > of these aspects from those first runs: > > 1. The color (of course) > 2. Single top tube (doubles aren't for everyone) > 3. 26' wheels in small sizes, 700c in the bigger ones (I'd be cool > with 26' in all sizes) > 4. 45mm chainstays (maybe a hair smaller in the smaller sizes, a hair > bigger in the large sizes) > 5. Clearance for 2in tires with fenders > > Who else would sign up for one? > What other aspects would you like? > > Hankering for an Atlantis (61 or 64cm if you have one) in Nashville, > > Edwin > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/21df9279-4915-4241-906d-82807e3e74fcn%40googlegroups.com.
