One bike and two wheelsets certainly can add some versatility to one bike, but in 26", I don't think a "Touring" wheelset and a "mountain" wheelset needs to be different at all. It could just be two sets of tires.
But when it comes to versatility on Rivendells, I think every Rivendell out there could easily support 3 or 4 different sets of tires for different applications. I think the key thing to determine whether you need two (or more) Rivendells might be handlebars. One bullmoose bike and one drop-bar bike, for example, would be far from redundant. Heck, I think two Atlantis' with two different bar setups would be awesome. Add in the possibility of Moustache or Alba bars, and you might be able to justify 4 different bikes. If you run drop bars on everything, then you might be best served with one do-it-all bike. On Aug 25, 1:55 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you should seriously consider Patrick's suggestion. I think > he's probably right. I don't own an Atlantis but I do have an AHH, > Rambouillet and a Quickbeam. All are extremely versatile. But if you > are going to have two Rivendells I strongly suggest that you make one > of them an AHH and the other an Atlantis, Hunqa or Bombadil. > > I'm now off on an S24O. > > --mike > > On Aug 25, 1:17 pm, Patrick in VT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Aug 25, 2:14 pm, RJM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Any thoughts, comments or anything? Thanks. > > > order the Atlantis first and use it for everything until you plan a > > tour. then use that very same Atlantis for the tour. Seriously, > > after seeing 3 Atlantis(es) at D2R2 in western, MA this weekend, I got > > the urge to sell all my bikes, buy an Atlantis and travel the world. > > Granted, this was a very fleeting urge, but still . .. . that bike is > > inspiring. something about it is just "right." > > > anyway, if you need the other bike, go with the one that takes 26" > > wheels - you'll be able to swap wheelsets with the Atlantis (i think > > at your size, the Atlantis takes 26"). > > -- 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.
