Nice Bike! I have had my eye out for a good used 64cm Atlantis for a while. For straight up touring and commuting it's hard to beat the Atlantis.
Michael On Oct 27, 3:37 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the first set of photos from my new Atlantis that replaced the > Bombadil.http://tinyurl.com/25wez6o > > I've been commuting with it for the last couple of months, but have also > been traveling a lot for business so I haven't really had a chance to take > good photos. This morning I decided I would just capture it using my iPhone > 4 and see how they'd come out. > > This is a 61cm Atlantis frame made by Waterford with custom full set fork > braze-ons like the Bombadil had + a custom rear seat stay bridge fender > braze-on to eliminate the need to use a clamp. > > While I loved the Bombadil and am very pleased that it has now found a new > loving home, the 61 was too long/too tall for me and with the investment in > 700c wheels that I had between the Bombadil and the Homer, I just didn't > want to go to the 56 Bombadil that ran 650b tires. The Homer fit me very > well and since the Atlantis has the exact same geometry, I chose to go with > one instead of waiting for a Hunqa. > > I'm very happy with it. It's snappier than the Bombadil was, it's extremely > comfortable with its 50mm tires and I love its magical color. Will be doing > an S24O in Angel Island again on the Saturday of Thanksgiving so I'll be > testing it fully loaded and see how it compares to the Bombadil S24O I did > in July to Angel Island. > > The Atlantis has, since Monday evening, a SON 28/Edelux front light and a > rear Spanniga Plateo tail light that is battery operated but has a Senso > feature and that based on light conditions turns it on/off automatically. > > Stay thirsty, my friends! > > René -- 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.
