Killer bike. I'm a PA native but live in Oregon now, gotta check out Johnstown some time. I knew some BMXers from there years ago. I have a 60cm Appaloosa (very similar to Atlantis), while I haven't road toured on it, I've done a few overnight, mostly gravel road trips with it and it was a pleasure to ride. Definitely dig the long chain stays. The Appa is night and day more comfy than my Surly Travelers check that I rode, toured, bike packed on for 10ish years, and way more stable feeling when loaded. I run a front Swift rando bag on a small Velo Orange rack daily, and a homemade rear saddlebag similar to a Carradice long flap on the rear with a old blackburn rack as bag support for trips. I run 29x2.2 Terravail Sparwood tires and ride mostly city miles with them, they are nice and smooth but all great on gravel and single track. Basically, the Atlantis will be amazing for road touring, I'm sure you'll love it however you set it up. and it would probably road tour just great as it is. Enjoy.
On Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 6:30:04 PM UTC-7 J wrote: > Sweet Atlantis Emmet! Don't go letting the dust collect on that big ol > Bridgestone now. Hope to see ya at Higher Ground next weekend! > > On Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 10:23:52 PM UTC-4 e.q.s...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Accompanying Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4bGXtPryjGpsePdx7 >> >> Howdy all, >> >> Just wanted to share my new 62cm Atlantis I received by way of Hope >> Cyclery. While waiting for this bike to be built due to parts shortage, I >> came across a Rambouillet that I have been riding religiously (maybe a post >> for another day). Anyway, this bike is something else. When the bike came, >> I had issues with reach being completely upright with Tosco bars and a >> 100mm stem. We quickly switched to the crust towel racks 67cm with a 60mm >> stem. It completely made the bike for me (95 PBH with a shorter torso). >> Sitting in the hoods is comfortable for most riding, the drops for the >> cutty, and the swept back flats for those ghastly western PA climbs when I >> have to bailout. >> >> It's currently set up with 2.2 UD Mars tires for the dirt. These photos >> were taken in Stackhouse Park just outside of Johnstown, PA. I have also >> ridden it in the bits of singletrack around Pittsburgh in the last couple >> of days. It is unbelievably smooth and completely stable which I'm >> attributing to those crazy long chainstays. However, it also just tears >> through everything. It's remarkably fast on the road with this knobby of a >> tire. >> >> Riding it like this makes me wonder if anyone has toured on the MIT >> Atlantis? Maybe with antelope pass tires, it makes me excited to think that >> it has the ability to be just as capable on paved. >> >> Best, >> Emmet >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ae631b63-01e4-42ad-b069-25db5070cdafn%40googlegroups.com.
