According to my experience today --- via a bikey neighbor I went on my first "road ride" with a group of race-y types... I was on my country-ish AHH and the only one not wearing lycra everything --- anything that can accommodates racks, fenders, or tires over 28mm falls in the category of "not a real bike". One guy pointed out that my bike was more a I pointed out that I left my Pinarello at home 'cause it isn't half the bike as my Hilsen. But that doesn't answer the Q in the OP. I just wanted to vent.
I would go Atlantis 'cause of the increased tire capacity. That said... I have 40mm tires on the aforementioned AHH and they're plenty big for any sort of mixed-surface use shy of single track "mountain biking". I haven't ridden it any great lengths loaded on dirt but we do have some dirt roads in my neighborhood that I've been known to ride with panniers and basket full of groceries. It handles reasonably well except when it's really muddy. I guess my point being that If money's an issue, go with the Sam. I probably would have gone with an Atlantis instead of the AHH but I would ride a 66... which was no longer available when I bought mine. Also, a small part of me thinks the less fancy appearance of the Sam makes it a little less attention grabbing + theft prone. I sometimes worry about locking up my AHH but part of that is 'cause it just looks fancy... you don't have to know what it is to recognize it's a nice bike. The Atlantis has similar fancy + attention grabbing paint. I suppose if that aspect outweighed my loving how it looks I might get it painted mono-tone. But I'm not there yet. Cheers, Smitty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/mX5sdUctmpAJ. 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.
