I have the same bike as you, from 2003, with thousands of touring miles under the wheels, so I understand what your ride is like. The Atlantis really rides its most comfortable with a load. A couple of years ago, I had a ride (perhaps a couple of hours) on a current model, long wheelbase Atlantis. The shop knew I rode a 58, 700 wheeled version. After doing a few measurements, they set a demo up & had me give it a go. Right away, I felt it rode "better" in terms of comfort, taking the speed bumps in the ally with no drama. Later, we were out on some local trails, challenging but no technical. Even on tight turns, it handled just like my own bike. In short, Rivendell had improved the ride quality noticeably, and hadn't sacrificed anything in handling. On return from the ride, I found out it was a 53 cm in their newer sizing system. I'm not sure what wheel size they are using these days.
dougP On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 11:53:08 PM UTC-8 Peter Forde wrote: > [image: 28D2644F-06A5-4181-9EBB-6C351B65BA2B.jpeg] > I’ve had my 58cm Toyo Atlantis since 2002. > It has taken me on numerous 1000+ mile tours, 400k brevets and has kept me > smiling for many, many miles. > Workhorse it is, but I am thinking of perhaps a lighter, more subtle > frame. Any ideas or suggestions (Riv or otherwise)? > P.S. I do like a front, rack mounted bag but don’t have to go crazy with > lower trail and want to keep my 700c wheels. > Thanks. > Peter > -- 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/0c86f98b-95ae-4638-9241-dc1f6d6644a6n%40googlegroups.com.
