For David: Atlantis - accept no substitutions! Hey, I don't agonize over which bike to bring!
For William: +1 on the above thought about buying a Riv & not being disappointed. It seems we have lively discussions about which Riv is "better" for a given application but can anyone recall anything about any Riv being "unsuitable" for anything? You run what you brung. dougP On Mar 30, 5:26 pm, Frankwurst <fbr...@jwperry.com> wrote: > If it's Waterford built it'll be as good as it gets IMO. It's just a > matter of deciding what your wife wants. I once talked to Matthew at > Kogswell and he said that the Atlantis was one of the most thought out > and best designed bicycles ever built and I'd have to agree. Then > again that's a matter of opinion. I'm on my third only because I > changed sizes (tried a larger one and didn't like it) and I'd be hard > pressed to sell the one I have now. Go anywhere do anything bicycles. > My suggestion is buy a Riv of some sort and she will not be > dissapointed. > > On Mar 30, 4:43 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The Atlantis' I assume are still selling out slowly, but the Atlantis > > is still promoted fairly prominently on the front page of > > rivbike.com. My wife needs a bike, and I have been thinking about a > > Betty or maybe an Atlantis. I'm not really all that close to being > > able to afford it, so I've been looking for updates about what frames > > remain, since the Atlantis stock is trickling away. > > > So, today I called in to ask them about current availability. I > > talked with Mark. Mark told me something I did not know: The Atlantis > > is not being discontinued. True, they will no longer be built by > > Toyo, but if there is no Atlantis in your size, they still will take > > your $2000 and get you an Atlantis. If they don't have a Toyo built > > one, they will get you one from Waterford. In my case specifically, > > I'd need a 47 for my wife. They have no 47 in stock. If I put a > > deposit on a 47 and waited a few months, they'd get me one from > > Waterford. Waterford has built the 700c Atlantis's in the past, and > > has never built a 26" wheel one, so they might have to run a sample, > > but Mark indicated that was a process that they knew how to manage. > > > Here I was thinking that the Atlantis was being completely phased out, > > replaced by the Hunqapillar. Maybe I am slow on the uptake. Am I > > crazy for having gotten that impression? I was thinking that a > > current Atlantis in my size was going to be like a collectors item. > > While that may be the case for a Toyo-Atlantis, it is not being > > discontinued as a model.- 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-bu...@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.
