I have both a 68 Atlantis and a 64 dtt Bombadil. I'm 6'5" 238#. I've ridden both bikes with the same loads, same bags, same racks and in the case of this large frame it's very clear the Bombadil handles the load much better. On the Atlantis I can feel the head tube twisting and the frame springing when moving the bar back and fourth with a front load. Much less with the Bombadil. The Bombadil is much steadier climbing loaded and has no shimmy on fast descents loaded or not. If I don't end up selling the Atlantis to Kelly :) I may just have a second top true added. I guess I'm a 10% er :)
On Saturday, February 2, 2013 4:26:19 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I kinda suspect that 90% of the 2TT is because Grant thought it would look > cool, with a side benefit that it would distinguish current Rivs from older > Rivs and most competitor frames. You can attribute various functions to the > extra tube, but, as the preceding discussion demonstrates, most are in the > realm of the theoretical. > > I have a 60 cm 2TT Sam sitting in my shop. I thought it was weird at > first, but it's growing on me, and now I like it. Probably good that it's > too big for me... > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
