I owned one of the first Atlantis, had it built by Rivendell, and sent Rivendell a TA Cyclotouriste triple crank for the build. Rivendell called me and told me the crank would not fit, and installed one of the Mavic cranks Rivendell sold at the time. The Mavic crank needed a 125mm spindle if I recall correctly.
On Sep 20, 8:59 pm, "J.V.O." <jimvanors...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am building an Atlantis for commuting, and wish to use a > Cyclotouriste double with 48 (or 46)/30 chainrings. With an 8 or 9sp > cassette, I think that I'll have all the gearing necessary. Is there > any reason why this would be an inappropriate crank choice for an > Atlantis? > > Thanks, > Jim > Sent from my I-Phone > > On Sep 20, 2009, at 21:06, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 20, 2009, at 10:40 AM, R Gonet wrote: > > >>> Again, think about Rivendell having to deal with a recall on one of > >>> their products. They'd have to assign some of their limited staff > >>> to > >>> deal with that but would still be doing business as usual. > >>> Everything would be slower- new order fulfillment as well as > >>> processing the recall. All the RBW folks would (hopefully) > >>> understand this- because Rivendell is not a faceless corporation to > >>> us- and cut them some slack. We should do the same with Sigg. > > >> Companies like RBW, Sigg, Patagonia, and others trade on their > >> reputation for quality, reliability, and integrity to earn our trust. > >> When I buy a no-name product made in China, I know I'm taking my > >> chances. When I pay a premium to buy a product from one of the > >> aforesaid companies, I rely on their reputation to deliver a quality > >> product. I'm not overly concerned about BPA but when a company > >> employs deceptive practices, I think they don't deserve any slack. > > > Richard, you're obviously tweaked about this and we're not going to > > agree. Since this isn't a Riv topic, maybe it should be left off of > > the mailing list.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
