John I believe it climbs better because the long chainstays distribute more weight on the front wheel. The front wheel tracks straight, and stays down. Adding 5 pounds of gear weight to the front rack also improved this feeling. In contrast, on many other bikes I've found that in steep climbs (for example, some Bay Area fire roads) the front end will pop up or wander all over.
I have my Brooks saddle adjusted all the way forward in the clamp, FWIW. On Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7:35:11 PM UTC-7, John Hawrylak wrote: > > Clark > > Great report and a very nice build from the photos. You mentioned the > Atlantis climbs better than your other bikes. Any ideas or reasons why > this is so?? > > I noticed all MIT Atlantis have a 72° STA and with your 89cm PBH, a 1° > slacker STA (from 73° to 72°) results in a 1.3cm increase in saddle setback. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2edf5dc1-9ff5-4bdf-aafe-ddf88a2e619e%40googlegroups.com.
