Hi Doug, Thanks for your reply.
It's interesting, because a lot of long wheelbase bikes have too much rake up front, which makes the front feel kind of sloggy. The new Atlantis has a tight enough rake, just a long rear end, and so it still feels relatively agile. Very cleverly done. What is the max tire size on your older Atlantis with fenders? I've seen those and they look so nice. There's an amazing black one for sale right now on eBay. The crank is a New Albion w/ 42T. Actually, it comes stock as a 42/33 but I just took off the small chainring. It's great because it has a bash guard built in (you have to flip the guard around if you want to run it as a 1x to give more clearance) and also because it's really a Sugino crank (comes out of the same mold as the XD2 I think). If you use a 36/12 cassette as a 1x9 or 1x10 you're pretty much dialed unless you're really mountain biking crazy rough terrain. You can get it from Soma. Paul On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 4:48:57 PM UTC-4 dougP wrote: > Paul: > > BTW, the 1 x 10 is not unusual. If it does what you need done, it's right > for you. Long ago, Grant said something to the effect that a bike frame > was just a place to hang all the parts you need for what you want to do > with your bike. I doubt there are too many Rivendells out there that are > duplicates. > > What chainguard are you using? It gives the bike a nice, clean look. > > dougP > > On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 7:46:18 AM UTC-7, ☆ 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/df36c456-6d6c-4be9-a7cb-44f3ba6910bfn%40googlegroups.com.
