Thanks, Doug! Yes -- with 1.5" tires, there is *just* room for fenders! Would be nice to have room for wider tires plus fenders, but 1.5" is good enough...
That's exactly the way I would set up the Atlantis for me as well (although probably without the riser -- a Technomic Deluxe height would be enough for me, I expect). -- Liz On Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 9:51:26 PM UTC+2 dougP wrote: > Elisabeth: > > My wife has 47cm Atlantis & with 1.5" tires it has around 1/2" clearance > between the top of the tire & the bottom of the fork. It's an early > production one & has the 44cm chainstays. She doesn't have fenders but it > looks like they would fit. She's just under 5'2" tall, rides with drop > bars, a 6 or 7 cm stem, & a bar riser adapter. Absolutely loves the bike. > > dougP > > On Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 2:30:55 AM UTC-7 Elisabeth Sherwood wrote: > >> Would absolutely be in for that -- with the original geometry, please, >> including a size that will actually work (with drop-bar set-up) for someone >> between 5'0" and 5'2"! (But, in this round, room in the fork for the 47cm >> frame to include a fender!) >> >> -- Liz >> >> >> On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9:31:39 PM UTC+2 Edwin W wrote: >> >>> The first Riv I ever saw was an Atlantis on the BART when I was living >>> in Berkeley in the late 2000s. Didn't know what it was at the time, but I >>> thought, that looks cool! Had a Sam, now a Joe, but I always loved that >>> original Atlantis. Not the current one with the bow-flex second tube in my >>> size. >>> I think Rivendell should do a run of the original(ish) Atlantis, with >>> some of these aspects from those first runs: >>> >>> 1. The color (of course) >>> 2. Single top tube (doubles aren't for everyone) >>> 3. 26' wheels in small sizes, 700c in the bigger ones (I'd be cool >>> with 26' in all sizes) >>> 4. 45mm chainstays (maybe a hair smaller in the smaller sizes, a >>> hair bigger in the large sizes) >>> 5. Clearance for 2in tires with fenders >>> >>> Who else would sign up for one? >>> What other aspects would you like? >>> >>> Hankering for an Atlantis (61 or 64cm if you have one) in Nashville, >>> >>> Edwin >>> >> -- 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/27e7e99f-a674-4634-a4c2-8f2899a4ca44n%40googlegroups.com.
