Part of the reason we all bought "small" mountain bikes was that the frames were generally quite long for the given height. They actually had pretty rangy reach to them. The prevailing wisdom at the time was that you needed significant stand over clearance, hence the longer TT's, etc.
- Jim / cyclofiend.com On Friday, September 12, 2014 8:18:17 PM UTC-7, rw1911 wrote: > > All of these recent Atlantis-for-sale posts have got me thinking of > building up an old school like mountain bike. i.e. smaller than what Riv > would recommend for fit. I recently sold an All-Rounder which I felt was > too big for me on anything other than light trails. My road bike is a 60cm > Rambouillet and it fits well. > > I'm thinking something like a 56cm Atlantis with max (26x2.35?) tires. > 200mm bullmoose bars to get the proper reach. There would be over 20cm of > seat post, but could it work? Anyone done it? Also, are the 26" wheeled > Atlanti 650b capable? > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
