The two Rivendell models that I most covet are the Atlantis and the Hunqapillar. When I was considered buying my first Riv I found a review on the Atlantis that Benedict had done along with Bikepacking.com. For those who may remember this spread it featured photos of him making coffee outside alongside this gorgeous Atlantis. My exposure to that review really finally convinced me to sell off my carbon unitasker bikes in favor of a lugged steel bag toting machine that could carry me and my stuff off into the wilderness. I balked at the price of a MUSA Atlantis and decided on a complete Sam as my gateway into Riv. I have since purchased a Appaloosa as my second Riv to serve as my touring rig. I love the Appaloosa but sometimes wish I waited just a little longer until the MIT Atlantis became available. It wouldn't make any sense for me to replace my Appaloosa with the Atlantis now because they do exactly the same thing. I have nothing against 2TT's but I do like the appearance of the truss style 2TT on the Atlantis slightly better than the Joe. I am hoping that Rivendell also decides to do a MIT Hunq at some point.
On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 1:22:38 PM UTC-5, Ryan M. wrote: > > Check out this Radavist article. > > > https://theradavist.com/2019/01/ultra-romance-and-his-rivendell-atlantis-mountain-bike/?no_cache=1&fbclid=IwAR2wUcRjIMLbddCD5n4U4xA6rikEuINj9y-XjlIZfnJOQgsysE7OwTA6N4o#1 > > Yes, you can ride a Rivendell like an MTB and have a ton of fun doing it. > Man, I wish I were tall enough to get a second top tube Riv, because I > think they look awesome. > > > > This is a great setup for an off road Rivendell, but I would go with a > Cambium saddle instead of a leather one, personally, but whatever. I > haven't used drop bars on an off road bike except for cyclocross stuff, and > those bars I've always felt were too narrow. Not these; check out the width > of the bars...just wonderful. I have to try and get a similar bike together > as I just bought a set of these bars in 615 length. I was thinking about > installing them on my Appaloosa but I'm really digging the Bullmoose bars I > have on it right now. > > Huh, might need another frame now. > > > -- 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.
