Oh MAN! That is awesome. I'm not sure the year of my Atlantis, nor do I know if the clearances changed over time, but I've got to try this now. That looks so awesome.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, john muhl <johnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Fatlantis is a special beast. Fitting a 2.25 isn’t a problem on my > 2012 model. > > https://plus.google.com/photos?pid=5882740672761776354&oid=114339590269760877010 > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 9:41:13 AM UTC-5, Mark Reimer wrote: > >> In about ten days I'm doing a long-distance challenge of sorts - 460km in >> 3 days. Well, it was supposed to be over 2 days, but that is immoderate to >> me. The entire ride is on a mix of single track, Jeep trails, double track >> and some gravel roads. The route winds through a Canadian National Park, >> with wild bison and a ton of black bears roaming around. It should be >> fantastic! (Definitely will share a ride report after) >> >> The catch is that it's been raining a lot and the ground is soft. So I >> thought I'd put some fatter tires on the Atlantis. I replaced the Bruce >> Gordon Rock n Roads with some 2.1" WTB Nano tires. It took a bit of >> tweaking to make the brake pads avoid rubbing the sidewall when they were >> released and I also had to move the Nitto Campee rack to the front/upper >> eyelets in order to clear the tread. However, WOW what a fun switch! This >> thing is sooo cushy. And to my amazement it rolls much faster and easier >> than with the Bruce Gordon's. I took it out on an evening ride and got a >> lot of interest and enthusiasm from perplexed cyclists starring at the >> freak of nature fat-tire drop-bar contraption I was riding. I think these >> will be here to stay. >> >> >> But now I'm curious... could I fit 2.25? >> >> Here are a few photos of the fat setup: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldisours/14843957372/ >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/JmcPmaQH5dQ/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
