All this hang-wringing about the Atlantis. Yes, it's a fabulous frame design; and yes, I'll admit I lusted after one for YEARS but could not afford it. These days, I'm sitting on two very nice lugged steel frames -- both Schwinns, both recently acquired -- and am contemplating what I'll do with them. One of them would make an excellent Atlantis-styled bike. And the beauty of it is, so would any number of older lugged mountain bike frames out there.
Which brings me to this point: The writing was on the wall a couple of issues back when Grant published that article about converting old mountain bikes into very good city bikes. I smelled the Atlantis' demise then, and so I am not surprised that it has been announced. Not to say that Rivendell couldn't resurrect this design in a more- affordably-made Taiwanese version down the road (I also like "Atlantis 3"), but for them to continue to sell the Toyo-made Atlantis they would've had to charge close to 2,800 bucks to adequately handle the exchange rate. At that point of diminishing returns, it's just not worth it to enough customers to sustain anymore. Keep your eyes peeled for an older, mid-to-late-80's atb frame, and see what happens when you build it up. (I suggest Schwinn, Trek, Miyata and Nishiki as excellent places to start.) I bet you'll like it. In fact, I bet some of you would like it so much that you almost won't miss the Atlantis anymore. Maybe. Bottom line: Rivendell is still making nice bikes and other stuff, and is still in business. Good thing! --Beth Onward --Beth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
