On 05/11/2014 06:11 PM, Lyle Bogart wrote:
I have an Atlantis and have used it for all manner of riding (except
attempts at land speed records ;-) ) but I've not yet done a true
"loaded tour". I have loaded the bike down quite considerably and
hauled stuff around. I can say without equivocation that the Atlantis
offers a far more comfortable and "secure" ride than my old trek 720
of the early 1980s ever did. Also, though I've not ridden an LHT, I
met a fellow who did own an LHT and offered him a test-ride of the
Atlantis and he felt there was no comparison--he much preferred the
feel of the Atlantis. I've not ridden any of the Bruce Gordon bikes,
but I had been very tempted by them in the past.
I owned a Bruce Gordon Rock 'n Road Tour for 10 years. It was my
commuter and my touring bike. It rode fine loaded and unloaded; not
talk-like when unloaded at all. It was, however, a very stiff frame.
That's good when you have 50 lb of gear loaded all over the bike, front
and rear. Not as marvelous when unloaded as, say, a std diam 8/5/8
frame, in my book.
Of course, a big plus, for me, with the Atlantis is the fact that it
is just a lovely, lovely bicycle capable of going anywhere a rider
might care to venture.
It is that.
Note, however, a poor choice of tires can suck all the goodess out of an
Atlantis. First one I ever saw in real life, at a rest stop on a ride,
the owner had just put on some kind of "ride forever over acres of
broken glass and barb wire" armored tires and he said he was so sorry it
made him hate the bicycle and regret having ever bought it.
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