Doug, I participated in the 2nd annual Tyler TX "Cranksgiving" ride on my Atlantis. A group of cyclist donated/hauled 502 lbs of food to the local Salvation Army.
I typically commute on my Atlantis and added the front rack, front panniers, food and away we go. I was riding home from "Cranksgiving", in the dark, getting cold, thinking that the Atlantis is one of my favorite bikes of all time...if I had to pick just one bike it would be this one. It rode great loaded down with food and it rode great with empty panniers. What a nice bike. Angus On Nov 13, 9:02 pm, doug peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > During today's So Cal Rivendell Riders ride up Silverado Cyn to (just > below) Modjeska Peak, down to Modejeska Cyn & back via Santiago, it > occurred to me that in the the last week my Atlanis has been on a S24O > (last Sat & Sun), carrying camping gear; a quick overnight lodging > tour (Mon & Tues) to San Diego, a couple of road rides, and finally a > mostly dirt road ride with several thousand feet of elev gain. All > the above with the same tires (pumped up once before the S24O) and > without fussing with the racks. OK, I admit I thought about taking > them off for today but heck, I'd just have to put them back on, no > point. > > While the Atlantis is clearly the most versatile bike Riv makes > (there's fightin' words!), there's plenty of other Rivendells that > could do all of the above. There's not a lot of bike manufacturers > that can make the same claim. > > In celebration, tomorrow I'll clean the Atlantis. Mud, dust, & > Gatorade makes a yucky coating. Oh, and David was tasked to get > photos of today's ride up tonight. Epic ride, with 80% Rivendell > participation. > > dougP -- 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.
