My guess is the Atlantis has thicker wall tubing than the other designs, and would not benefit from adding another top tube. Riv has stated that the Atlantis frame & fork weigh roughly a pound more than their other bikes. It's been billed as their most versatile bike, capable of use as a loaded tourer, commuter, MTB, etc. The design, as- is, meets its intended purposes.
Personally, I've over-loaded mine with more junk than I need, gone down dirt fire roads fast enough to scare myself, dragged it onto trains, packed & shipped it by air & truck, and haven't hurt a thing (paint excluded!). Why mess with success? dougP On Sep 12, 8:48 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 08:23 -0700, opa...@gmail.com wrote: > > I didn't search much for this information, but I couldn't find it on > > Riv's site anyway.. It appears that nearly all of the currently > > available framesets are available with a double top tube in largish > > sizes, except Atlantis. Is there a reason for this? > > I'm so tempted to reply, "Folie à deux"... > > > For instance, why would one need a double TT on an 63cm AHH, a 60cm > > Sam Hillborne, a 59cm San Marcos, etc. but not on a 61cm Atlantis? > > You do not. Those frames were already more than stiff enough without > the 2nd top tube. They would have been just fine if made with standard, > rather than oversized tubing, in my opinion. -- 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-bunch@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.
