No, the Atlantis chainstay swoop is a lot snazzier. The Atlantis features the nicest chainstay bends I've ever seen.
The Clem is less bend and more squish. But they are loooooong so they didn't need to get squished all that much. They are just normal. On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 4:04:10 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: > > " The chainstays are not perfectly straight in the horizontal plane. > They jig-jag a bit to get around the fat tires and to clear the pedals." > > Bill: Are the chainstay bends similar to the ones on the Atlantis? > > dougP > > On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 3:43:49 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> I didn't see Grant when I rode the Clem. I am not sure I follow which >> bend you mean. The chainstays are not perfectly straight in the horizontal >> plane. They jig-jag a bit to get around the fat tires and to clear the >> pedals. Is there some other aspect you are looking at? >> >> Now they say the $700 pre-sale ends on April 1. Do you think that will >> coincide with a fun April Fools Day trick? >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 1:26:00 PM UTC-7, Philip Kim wrote: >>> >>> I noticed the chainstays have a slight bend to them. Did you happen to >>> ask Grant why that was? >>> >>> >>> On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 3:21:27 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>> >>>> I rolled by RBW HQ this morning and got to test ride a 52cm Clem. I've >>>> always felt lucky that I'm pretty much exactly Grant-sized. Turns out >>>> today I got to ride Grant's Clem prototype, and didn't even have to change >>>> saddle height. It's terrific. It rides how I expected it to ride, >>>> meaning >>>> it disappeared, made me smile, and made me reluctant to return it to them. >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't know if I will pre-order, but if I do, the $150 they are paying >>>> me to adopt early will go towards a set of Bosco Bullmooses. That's the >>>> bar for that bike. >>>> >>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.