Re: [RBW] Atlantis as touring bike: best choice?

Sun, 11 May 2014 18:12:28 -0700


He should get the Hillborne or the Hunq over the other brands. Both are so adaptable to anything. The variables in deciding between them are the wait, the price and the biggest tire width need.

It's a bummer about the 5 month Atlantis wait. I still say the Atlantis is the best touring bike. But no need to wait that long if a Hillborne or Hunq can had be a lot sooner. I would say worth the wait for the Atlantis over the other brands, but not over its similar Riv cousins. With summer coming up fast, if good rides are in store for this summer, he should make it happen with a Hillborne or Hunq. Although, are there wait times on these two models right now?

-Jim W.
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From: Patrick Moore
Sent: May 11, 2014 2:56 PM
To: rbw-owners-bunch
Subject: [RBW] Atlantis as touring bike: best choice?

I know that the Atlantis is R's most popular model (I think it is anyway) and I know many listmembers use them for touring. I asked this question on the iBoblist and got many responses, but perhaps asking it here in a more focused fashion will raise more guiding advice about the choice as loaded touring bike of the Atlantis in particular.

I have a client who is a surgeon (ie, he can afford what he wants) who wants to do some loaded touring. We got to talking and I quickly recommended the Atlantis, and he was very interested.

I got an email from him yesterday; apparently he had called Rivendell to ask for their catalogue and discovered that there is a 5 month waiting list for the Atlantis.

My question to yawl is: considering other possibilities from the LHT to a custom Bruce Gordon, is the Atlantis, *as touring bike*, special enough to warrant a wait? Or would you advise other choices?

He presently has a Trek 1420 that is about 15 years old; don't know anything about that model.

What about a Hunquapillar? -- too beefy/off road built? Sam Hillborne?

Me, having owned a Sam Hill and now owning a Ram with clearance for 35 mm Kojaks and fenders, I'd probably opt for the Ram for touring, flex be damned.

Thanks, Patrick

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