John, Congrats on the Atlantis! Personally, I think that moving from serious road biking to the Atlantis is upshifting rather than downshifting. You can ride that Atlantis anywhere your legs can take you, carry whatever you want within limit, and change it up as your tastes change. Going from an Atlantis to what I imagine a serious road bike to be would be a downshift in my book…so welcome!
I love Albatross bars on my Hillborne-- my “racing” bike which can go anywhere I want to go. I have a bar end shifter for the rear and a thumby on the stem for the front. This gives me plenty of grip space. I rode the demo Gus with Billie bars and thumbies and while it felt good, I prefer the feel of Albatross or anything wider more (I’m 5’10 with slightly longish arms and an 85PBH). I have 58cm Bosco bars with a right thumby on my Rosco and while others may disagree, I tend to consider these bars having only 2 positions…on the grips and on the flats. If I didn’t have the thumby I still don’t have as much room in front of the grips as I do with Albatross bars. I’m not sure what other positions folks find on these bars. If I was you I’d try the ones you are leaning towards most and if you can afford to, try something different down the road. Never hurts to ask here on the group if someone has a set of bars collecting dust. If I had an Atlantis I’d try Albatross or Tosco’s or maybe even Losco’s. I would imagine that the current Atlantis was probably designed around Albatross bars and would love to hear other’s thoughts on this… I have Paul Mini-Moto’s on my Hillborne and they are almost too good. The smoke my Shimano V-Brakes IMO. They just feel more solid. I would imagine the canti’s feel just as good. Joe in Los Angeles > On Jun 12, 2022, at 8:32 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Billie Bars for the win. They're a smidge wider than Albatross and shallower, > which will work for a more pleasant grip in the curves if you flip them. Lots > of room for shifters, levers and grips too. Accept no substitutes! > > Joe Bernard > > On Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 5:54:25 PM UTC-7 John Moore wrote: > In a few weeks I'll join the Rivendell ranks taking possession of a new > Atlantis 59cm. This will be my first more relaxed bike after decades of > serious road biking - basically downshifting, partly due to health, partly > due to changes in what I want a bike to do. > For this Atlantis, I plan to do relaxed around town rides and voyages on > gravel roads - eg northern New England, rails to trails, eg the cross NY > state trail system etc., self-supported with the camping gear and the like. > > I'm starting to put together my build list and all is coming along fine. > Brooks saddle, Silver 178 crank, shimano rear derailleur, older campy front > derailleur, etc. > > Where I'm really struggling is picking out the bars. Will have thumbies, may > want to have handlebar bag as well (used one yrs ago when touring through > Europe) and found it super handy. Also, remember, I'm very accustomed to drop > bars. > > So... > > Looking at Albastashe, but doesn't look compatible with handlebar bag. Don't > want stem and bar combo. Albatross looks better for handlebar bag but not as > many hand positions. Not sure about Bosco or Losco, would likely flip most of > these to get some drop. The portola handlebar from Soma looks interesting but > unlikely to have enough sweepback for that long top tube of Atlantis. > > Lastly, brakes. I'm going canti. Are touring Pauls really that much better > then Dia Compe to justify the price. I like bling, but not excessive which > seems to be the case with Pauls. > > Anyway, now calling upon the collective intelligence of this grp to give me a > hand. Appreciate any and all replies. > > - John > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b2368e8-1683-4fe2-aea0-22b459fbb4c9n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b2368e8-1683-4fe2-aea0-22b459fbb4c9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <Screenshot_20220612-202820_Gallery.jpg><Screenshot_20220612-202827_Gallery.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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/AB4D4F9F-5BCD-47A5-AA2A-4651DA93BBFF%40gmail.com.
