We actually went with a custom tandem for retirement. I call it my Rollex. Since retiring, I find I have less need of a bike that will carry a load, like the Atlantis. Touring is more often on the tandem and always inn to inn. We take the canoe when we go camping. I now ride my Rambouillet more and rarely my Ebisu, which is set up for carrying loads. However I still ride a lot of dirt roads, in fact more now that I don't commute into town, so find I still want wider tires than the Ram can handle for those kind of rides. So, unless you plan on lugging a lot of stuff around, I would suggest the Rodeo. Put Jack Brown's on it and you'll be fine on dirt or pavement. If you actually see yourself touring then the Atlantis is a great choice.
BTW, I just purchased my second Riv bike, the beautiful Saluki recently offered here. It should be delivered on Monday. So now I will have a fat tire Riv for the great dirt roads (although tres muddy today) here in northern Vermont. Michael On Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:19:36 PM UTC-5, markt...@gmail.com wrote: > > New member to the group here. Just retired last spring after teaching for > 38 yrs and am thinking that I deserve a new bike to ride during my > retirement. Seeing Keven's proto-Appaloosa on the Riv website, I noticed > the quote that the Appaloosa was a "bike to grow old with". Since the > Appaloosa isn't yet available, any recommendations for which other Riv > would be a "bike to grow old with". (My kids already think I'm old, but > nevermind!) I like the price of the Sam, but can't get used to the double > top tube. Last time I checked, my PBH was 86.5 cm. > Thoughts? Anyone have a Riv for sale that could work for me? > Thanks, > Mark Taintor > Chanhassen, MN > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
