Having an Atlantis and something similar makes perfect sense. Any of the suggested frames can be widely transformed with a range of components. And having two bikes means you can avoid an annoying wheel/ tire/handlebar/bag/etc switcharoo before different kinds of rides.
Besides, you need another bike to keep the first bike company. A single bike is not a happy bike. On Aug 26, 11:25 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Since I had my old MTB, I decided to get a more 'road-skewed' Riv > > first, so I built my Ram. Now, I'm planning a Bombadil to be my MTB- > > replacement/touring bike. I think the Atlantis or the Hunq would each > > do well as such. I'm not a 'hard-corps' mountain-biker, more of a > > rails-to-trails kind of rider. A taller wheel than a 26" would roll > > along more quickly; however, I've heard a lot of 29'er-adopters here > > are backing away from them on tighter trails, they're going back to > > 26". The 650B seems to be a good compromise to me: maybe a bit more > > MTBish than a 700c, more road-bikish than a 26" (not that an Atlantis > > isn't!). > > > I've been riding my Ram on the Creeper, it does fine, but I'm getting > > flats (two patches on my current rear tube). So, I'm wanting to push > > my Ram more towards the roads, and the Bomb will pull the trail-rides. > > I have an atlantis and a romulus. The atlantis is good for carting > around a bunch of stuff and not having to worry if you're overloading > the bike :). The atlantis is good for a stable ride that I don't have > to mess with. It rides fairly plush and feels stable even when things > are less than stable around it. I use it as a commuter and a do-all > and recently I've been leaving the albatross bars on it most of the > time b/c they just feel right. > > The romulus is more or less a weekend rider or a "I need to get from > point A to point B as quickly as possible" bike. I've tried to keep > the rom as trim of carrying-capacity as possible - only putting on a > mark's rack and a small bag on the front so I don't add too much stuff > to it. > > If I had to choose only one bike it would be the atlantis - mainly b/c > it can do all things - it is just a matter of taking stuff on and off > of it to do it. > > But since I don't have to choose only one bike I enjoy the rom, too. :) > > -sv -- 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.
