In my case it was not so dire nor malicious. I really wanted to try Hetres and the Atlantis was the only one ( of around 10 bikes) that would fit them. Short of obtaining another frame, it was the choice. I have often thought and said that if I had to live with only one bike ( oh my!), it would be the Atlantis with several wheelsets. My Atlantis is amazingly versatile and useful and I love it even more now that I can play with it as a 659b bike. On Jul 11, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Steven Frederick wrote:
> Honestly, I don't get conversions like this. Canti posts add complication to > any conversion so that's one issue. Also, the original intent of 650b > conversions of road bikes was to add fat tire and fender versatility to an > otherwise limited 700c-equipped bike, ie a low clearance, high BB racy/crit > bike--trying to add versatility to a bike as versatile as the Atlantis seems > an exercise in futility. And messing about with something so perfectly > suited to its intent and function, and designed by GP to boot seems almost > sacrilege. > > There are plenty of bikes out there that can be improved by a conversion like > this, but the Atlantis doesn't seem like one of them to me. What's that old > saw about just because you can does not mean you should...? > > Steve > > -- > 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. -- 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.
