I bought an Atlantis a few weeks back. Been riding short loops, an 8 mile circuit, to decide what needs changing. It's snow melt time in WI so I took it to one of the LBS's for fenders. I usually do my own wrenching, but really don't enjoy fendering. One shop had P65s, and also, the manager personally owned 2 Rivs, so I was lucky.
You are so right. Nothing in a contemporary bike shop remotely competes. Yes, there were some nice bikes, yes, a lot of carbon with disks, but nothing that grabs the imagination like a beautiful classic. When you pull the trigger, get that Atlantis. It is without question the best bicycle I've ever owned, and I've owned quite a few. There is real magic there. Will On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 4:52:47 AM UTC-5, Jay LePree wrote: > > Hi all: > I took my Rambouillet in for service to get it ready now that we are > getting a thaw here in Northern NJ. The new owners of the Tenafly Bicycle > Workshop had not seen the bike before. (I had been riding a Redline > Monocog set up for the street.) I brought the bike in and the owners had > the biggest smile on their faces. There were a couple of customers in the > shop and they came over too. Really nice complements on the bike. It is a > slow time in the shop and with the ice on the roads, I told the owners to > that they could take their time as I was riding the Monocog anyway. For > the two weeks it was in the shop, I was told many of their other customers > did a double take when they saw the bike. > > I think that with the increase in carbon fiber performance machines, the > Rivendell models really do stand out, perhaps more than when I purchased > the bike in 2003. They are nice looking machines. I am getting ready to > pull the trigger on another Riv....thinking the Atlantis. It would be a > good pairing, and I like the classic look. > Best, > Jay > Demarest, NJ > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
