Believe me that I never envisioned selling it when I bought it. It did
occur to me that I could retrofit the Atlantis to do more tough stuff
riding. I started putting a list of all of the parts to really do it right
and it was going to be a few hundred dollars - and I started pitching it to
my wife and she couldn't get past the idea that I just had the wrong tool
for the job. If I wanted to be riding on trails then I should stop trying
to make the Atlantis fit if another bike might do better. Plus, a few
hundred dollars that we really don't have versus a revenue-neutral switch
to a mountain bike (hopefully).
Anyway, it's an emotional decision having to part with this bike, but if
you take the emotion out of it I think (hope) that it's the wise move. I
guess we'll see.
On Saturday, April 6, 2013 3:55:13 AM UTC-6, LyleBogart{AT}gmail.com wrote:
Hi Drew!
That is a sweet looking Atlantis! I'm going to second Tony's
recommendation to try a set of fat knobby-type tires before parting with
that bike. I've extensively used my Atlantis with Schwalbe Marathon XRs
(700x40) on the trails and primitive roads on the Navajo Rez in the four
corners area of Arizona and the riding is very similar to the trails in the
Front Range area. The Atlantis is a great off-road bike with the right
tires. Oh, and with the 700x40 XRs, there still miles of space, so easy
enough to go much fatter.
Good Luck!
lyle
On 5 April 2013 12:01, Tonester tony@gmail.com javascript: wrote:
Hey there!
I'm a fellow custom color Atlantis owner (red!) and totally get your
dilemma - fortunately I'm able to maintain a stable of bikes so the
temptation to sell the Atlantis doesn't come up. I fed my jones for a
29'er disc brake bike with a Civilian Luddite and love it, but not to the
extent of choosing it over the Riv. Have you tried super-fat semi-knobs on
the Atlantis? Looks like the Ogre will handle up to a 2.5 tire , and I've
seen Atlantii with 50mm slicks which is nearly 2. I'd whip a set of
knobbies on the Atlantis and give it a go before giving it up. I think
that yellow all-rounder that hit the list recently is one of the coolest
bikes I've ever seen.
Best of luck in any event!
Tony
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 6:52:06 PM UTC-7, drewjensen wrote:
Hey everyone - I moved to the Boulder area a couple of years ago and
there are so many great trails here compared to where I lived in the Bay
Area for so long. I've taken my Atlantis out on them, but my wife has
tired of my suggesting new ways to retrofit it to make better use of the
trails and so talked me into a Surly Ogre works a little better on the
trails around here. It's not an Atlantis, but I think it's the right tool
for this job.
Alas, though, I need to do the fiscally responsible move and sell off my
Atlantis. I got it in 2006 when they were still Toyo made and had it
painted a dark blue that I liked. I had to save money for it for a couple
of years and took great pains to get the best parts I could afford/justify
for it. Really, the only corner I can think that I cut was that I didn't
get Phil Wood hubs but I stand behind all of my other choices in putting it
together.
Anyway, it's a sad day, but a necessary one. If you know anyone looking
for a 64 please pass along the information. If anyone has any questions
feel free to ask. Thanks for your time.
Drew
Here's a link to my local CL listing: http://boulder.craigslist.**
org/bik/3723729971.htmlhttp://boulder.craigslist.org/bik/3723729971.html
(note to moderator: I attempted to use the tag, but got an error
indicating that the tag was not for use in this forum)
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