Paul, Wonderful build, my friend.
Atlantis-es been built in Japan by Toyo in the early 2000s and then by Waterford in the US until a few years ago when Riv offered up a MIT version. However, I have heard whispers that if you throw down enough cash that you can still get a MUSA (Made in the USA) Atlantis. On July 14, 2017 (happy early bday to my Atlantis, I got a Waterford-built Atlantis right before the change to geometry to longer chainstays and moved production to Taiwan. After ordering In September of 2016, I waited some 8-10 months because Waterford ran out of the chainstays that used to come on the previous version and the chain stay maker (true temper) left the steel market. I don’t know if that led to the change in geo or just was the final pebble that toppled over the load in helping them reconceptualize the geometry of the Atlantis. The long chainstays are wonderful. I enjoy them on my Clem. I am sure you were enjoy them on your Atlantis. Best, James Gardner Davis Denver On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 10:54 AM ☆ Paul ☆ <p...@superplastic.co> wrote: > Thank you Steve. Were they all American made before this? > > Taiwan makes some amazing bikes. > > On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 11:26:39 AM UTC-4 Steve Cole wrote: > >> MIT = Made in Taiwan >> >> >> On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 10:46:18 AM UTC-4, ☆ Paul ☆ wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone. I'm new-is here. >>> >>> Almost finished building up my new Atlantis MIT and thought I'd share >>> it. *What does MIT stand for, anyway?* >>> >>> Finally coming to the realization that a really upright geometry makes >>> me happiest. Being a bit slower, I force my friends to slow down too and >>> conversation is the result. >>> >>> A little bit unconventionally for a Rivendell (I think?) I mounted a >>> 1x10 SRAM drivetrain, which works brilliantly on this frame. Also took The >>> Deacon's advice and put the lovely Berthoud Mente saddle on, and committed >>> to ride the brick till it's comfortable... but a few days ago I chickened >>> out and dunked it in a bucket of warm water and put on lots of mink oil >>> (scary advice from the Internet, but WTF)... and it worked! Already >>> super-comfy. >>> >>> Still waiting on VO fenders, and a Nitto seatpost to match the stem. The >>> new G-One Speed tires are amazing, these are 50C and they roll so fast, >>> like much smaller tires. >>> >>> Having trouble posting more than one image, will put-up more upon >>> request. >>> >>> (PS: I finished a very similar build on a twin-top-tube Sam Hillborne >>> for a charity auction, and I ended up buying it myself, long story. It's a >>> little too big and I may put up for sale at some point soon... will post >>> when I do.) >>> >>> I love the positivity on this forum. Much love to everyone, >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> [image: 1.jpeg] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- > 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/e781140a-ec4c-4bb1-bd75-ac09401488ean%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e781140a-ec4c-4bb1-bd75-ac09401488ean%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAHnaNeuNA2X8LhMrLX%2Bsx0tcFRQzfz69%3DUsOxHgqkYrLd0UAOA%40mail.gmail.com.
