Re: [RBW] Re: My New Atlantis

2020-07-15 Thread ☆ Paul ☆
Hi Joel. That looks awesome. I'm going to give that a shot. Really enthusiastically new to a lot of this. Rad. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 12:58:59 PM UTC-4 Joel Stern wrote: > > I spend a lot f time in the curve of the Albatross bars. I sit upright > far less. Drops would kill my back

Re: [RBW] Re: My New Atlantis

2020-07-13 Thread Joel Stern
Well my AR used 26” rims, that was my reference. Sometimes I don’t have all or of the nomenclature. And I probably did not understand the post properly. On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:23 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > Joel: I guess you meant to say that you don't like 29" tires? Excuse if I > misread. >

Re: [RBW] Re: My New Atlantis

2020-07-13 Thread Patrick Moore
Joel: I guess you meant to say that you don't like 29" tires? Excuse if I misread. Here's what I've found after comparing the very light, very short, 24.8"-tall, ~28 mm wide, Elk Pass-shod wheels on my 26" wheel road bikes with the 29.6"-tall, 60 mm-wide tires on my dirt road bike: at least with

Re: [RBW] Re: My New Atlantis

2020-07-13 Thread Joel Stern
It’s a great looking bike. I don’t like 26” wheels either but love 659b. On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 6:14 PM ☆ Paul ☆ wrote: > Hi Joel. > > It's a 53cm, actually. > > I'm 5' 11" with a 34-ish PBH (longer torso). Fits me really well. > > I suppose the next size up would have worked as well, I'd

Re: [RBW] Re: My New Atlantis

2020-07-13 Thread ☆ Paul ☆
Thanks for the reply and info James. Yes, the Atlantis is really, really long. I've designed my own frames but nothing this long, and it's just awesome, I feel like a kid riding a Stingray. Especially with new rubber fast tires. The Sam H I built up has similar components (1x10) but had lower

Re: [RBW] Re: My New Atlantis

2020-07-13 Thread James Davis
Paul, Wonderful build, my friend. Atlantis-es been built in Japan by Toyo in the early 2000s and then by Waterford in the US until a few years ago when Riv offered up a MIT version. However, I have heard whispers that if you throw down enough cash that you can still get a MUSA (Made in the USA)