raising the bottom bracket a cm or so does not create much of a problem in my opinion. The braking situation is another matter, if you can't get good leverage with the brake set up you choose then I would not do it. Plenty of MTB bikes have been converted with many happy conclusions. Using a larger wheel helps with with rolling momentum and works better off pavement in my book. And you get to use a hetre...easy decision!
~mike On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:18:54 AM UTC-7, stevef 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/aelLpZlRMpYJ. 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.
