I certainly appreciate Grant's participation here to explain what he has. Any change to an icon comes with some nail biting and nerves. It's expected. I'm sure the new Atlantis will be a great bike. How can it not? In my case, I have no complaint or critique so much as a quest for clarity. What are the expected effects of the changes?
I sometimes liken the possibilities of riding a bike to color spaces. Here is an image from this page to illustrate: https://www.color-management-guide.com/color-spaces.html Consider this area the whole of the bike use spectrum. The two lines within may illustrate two different bikes. Both cover the center and not insignificant areas of the spectrum, but they are not identical. Though there are some common areas that overlap, they also each cover an area the other does not. Bikes are similar. All of the Riv bikes are good bikes that can all do some basic things of the bike use spectrum well, but some models also have areas not as well covered by other models. Shifts to accommodate more of one area give up some cover in another. That's expected. In the case of the the new vs old Atlantis, I was trying to speculate on what this scope of spectrum shift might have been and, possibly, how that shift may be explained. The longer chainstays help with the mountain bike aspect, but will likely have some impact on commuting via public transport. Are there other areas of the bike use spectrum that would have similar positive, neutral, or negative impacts of the change? Tim On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eamon said *"Jeez Bill, this is a discussion forum, not a positive > approving comments only forum. :p "* > > You are right. Nobody is required to be generous and kind in their > comments towards Grant or his work. If you want to insult his work, you > can. Just be aware that your honest and sincere criticisms will bum him > out, somewhat. Grant said: > > > > *"It's a minor bummer to find the latest greatest prides and joys > evaluated harshly because the numbers don't fit into familiar spreadsheets, > whether on paper on in brains. I'll retreat now..."*The things you type > here do get read, and Grant cares what people think. You don't have to > change what you think to protect Grant's feelings, and you don't have to > keep your complaints to yourself if you don't want to, but I think it's > worth remembering that it will hurt his feelings, and it will discourage > him from sharing early info about other unfinished projects. Grant's a big > boy and he will get over it. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
