Today I visited RBW headquarters to order a frameset. This year I sold two 700c Rivendells (a 58cm Atlantis and a 55cm Appaloosa) in order to help pay for two 650B Rivendells. I mocked up both of the 650B candidates to my saddle height (75.5cm) and took the canonical garage door photo of each:
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-svm1qF4DuEc/WEHGmvGQ1HI/AAAAAAAADUg/qchnq4_n4EgeYWJMr35PdogZ7cYFBc7ugCLcB/s1600/IMG_1441.JPG> 56cm 650B Atlantis <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QNJ5-rus48M/WEHGv8xse1I/AAAAAAAADUk/ulM0IO4ZRXUZB7A_kqWJa9HP0rxbZEuhACLcB/s1600/IMG_1440.JPG> 53cm 650B Hunqapillar Notably the Atlantis was wearing 27.5 x ~2.2" knobbies, which made it look super butch. That's the main reason I'm sharing the photo(s) because that 2017 Fat-Lantis is a bit of a novelty. The 53cm Hunqapillar is a little bit of a downsize for me, but I think that would be my son's go-to bike when we do S24Os together, and he's an inch or two shorter than me and not likely to get to 5'-10". So, I went ahead and ordered the Atlantis, which is exciting. I went with a small upcharge to order a non-standard but Waterford stock color. I will keep it a secret, but I promise it is not a unique Atlantis color. One of you has an Atlantis that I am blatantly copying, because it looks so darn good. I was expecting a not-too-long turnaround, but Will explained to me that everybody from Waterford takes massive time off for deer-hunting season! That cracked me up. Anyway, now is just about the worst time for frame turnaround from those good Wisconsinites. No harm done to me, as I've got plenty of other bikes to tide me over, but be warned if you are going to order something, that you will be well into Spring before you get it. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
