My Atlantis' primary mission is touring, and it's equipped with drop bars, set about at seat height. I like drops for the variety of hand positions and ability to sit fairly upright when on the tops as well as getting low when bucking a headwind. The relationship of seat- pedals-h'bars was based on my previous bike but of course has been adjusted over time (age will do that to you). The 58 & 61 Atlantis overlap my PBH so I went 58, knowing I could make it bigger easier than smaller. Only minor adjustment of stem & seat post height were needed to get it comfy. When I'm on the bike all day, every day on a tour, it's important to be able to change position, sit up, etc. to keep comfortable. Of course, stopping for coffee & photos helps a lot too.
Occassionally I think about a flat bar for ease of packing & shipping the bike, but am reluctant to give up the positioning variety of drops. Judging by the variety of set-ups on cyclofiend's site, Rivs are pretty adaptable, with about any bar you can name being used by someone. dougP On May 6, 5:57 am, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > Hi Grant--thanks for jumping in. I can confirm your statements--I have three > Rivs, a Heron road, a Rambouillet and a Saluki and the seat tube angles and > top tube lengths vary but they all fit the same (very well) with drops. Same > bars (Noodles) and the stem extensions are within a cm of each other... > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Grant Petersen > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:54 PM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Riv frames work great with drop bars > > > It seems to me that because of the long top tubes most of Rivendells > > frames are not designed for drop bars. With the long top tubes you > > need bars that come back towards you to provide a comfortable reach. > > UnSo! Terribly, terrifically unso. > > The Top Tube Ruse in RR--40/ 41? talked all about that, but I realize people > come and go and land late and may skip over or miss, but basically, it's like > this. Forgive lack of detail in these explanations: > > Shallow seat tubes neutralize long top tubes. We have shallow seat tubes. > > Higher bars super-'eutralize long top tubes. We're the Cosmos champs in that > cat. > > As bars get higher, your arms become more horizontal, and that makes them > longer (effectively, not literally). > > Tall quill stems always help, but with our bikes--as much as I likem & we > gottem, they're less necessary than they are with a '73 Colnago, or '84 > Centurion Ironman, etc. > > I cannot image more drop-bar friendly bikes than ours. I wouldn't design a > bike that wouldn't work fine with a drop. With appropriate-sized stems for > the size. > > Granted, my personal Sam is a 60 with a 7stem, and that's borderline funky, > but that's on a 62.5 top tube, and I'm a mere 5-9.9. > > G > -- > Grant > Rivendell Bicycle Workswww.rivbike.com > 925 933 7304 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
