It certainly was meant to cover loaded touring, but was always viewed (as 
any RBW bicycle is) as more versatile than that - the initial Atlantis 
flyers show the variety of setups (and even feature non-drop bars when that 
was very, very far from mainstream on bike setups.)

http://cyclofiend.com/rbw/atlantis/atlflyer/

First paragraph says it all:

"The Atlantis is an all-purpose, all-surface, all-season, all-weather 
bicycle frame -- the most versatile, super-performing bicycle we can 
create."

- J

On Friday, September 6, 2013 10:35:55 AM UTC-7, stevef wrote:
>
> I'm not sure that it does--wasn't the Atlantis always meant as a loaded 
> tourer?  The XO was more of an all 'rounder.  I own an XO and it certainly 
> is not tourer, and I recall Grant writing about being rather alarmed by a 
> fellow touring with a "flexy" XO who stopped by Riv.  
>
>
>

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