Looks like fun riding; the Atlantis looks like it is in its element out there. It is such a great, versatile bike.
Rigid mtbs are fun and I've found a nice cushy set of grips helps a lot to smooth out the ride especially when riding over the smaller bumps like roots and rougher gravel. I have a Niner Sir9 setup as a rigid single speed mtb and I just love riding it even though I generally go slower and tend to ride not as far compared to a full suspension rig. Man, that place looks familiar even though I've never been but I just realized I follow a guy on youtube who does a bunch of dual sporting in that area and I'm sure that he has videos where he is riding the same stuff on his motorcycle. On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 11:16:43 PM UTC-5 Clark Fitzgerald wrote: > Last week I stretched the limits of what I could do on my Atlantis on some > trails around Tahoe. The dirt roads were pure bliss, the steep chunky 4x4 > roads were OK, the singletrack was a hoot, and the motorcycle trails were > impossibly steep. It eventually got too steep to ride, so I stashed the > bike in the bushes and hiked up to a lake near the Pacific Crest Trail for > a dip. The hiking was a nice change of pace. > > I'm not an experienced mountain biker, but I have rented the latest and > greatest MTB's for a couple day trips in this terrain. You can just point > those machines downhill, stay loose, and let it rip. In comparison, on the > Rivendell you really have to pick the right line, like for any rigid bike. > > If I could ride here regularly I'd prefer a rigid mountain bike. In > particular, I'd like a bike with wider, knobby tires, much lower standover > for when I have to hop off, a higher bottom bracket for less pedal strike, > higher handlebars for descending, and a tighter wheelbase to thread through > the granite boulders. Even though my big Atlantis lacks all these things, I > was fine riding it, as long as I stayed within my comfort zone. > > I thoroughly enjoyed the solitude and lack of technical challenge on the > dirt roads like this one. > [image: tumblr_0ee28e40c2cf3c7f075e7a08b94e845a_3f2ec907_1280.jpg] > > I'm sure there are some heroes out there who could ride the boulders this > trail heads into. 😝 > [image: tumblr_01dd3d9657e0164fa92b5ecd1721ad92_783bdc2b_1280.jpg] > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/92cb90ab-5a13-47b0-a275-2914ce49f947n%40googlegroups.com.
