I would like to sell this Atlantis soon, and the price is reduced to $1800. I will box/ship if you cover those costs.
On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 7:04:17 PM UTC-7, Dave C wrote: > > I have placed this up twice for sale, only to back away because I always > came up with a reason to not complete the deed. If you are interested, rest > assured, I have already committed myself to another bike and will not > change my mind. Someday, I will probably buy another one in a 58 cm size, > which is better for my intended use (off-road touring). The 61 cm is fine > for road, but once I put on fatter tires, I do not have the necessary > clearance for comfort on rutted roads. > > Click on this link > <https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_r8BT8U0AKcZnFVU1BIZVRaT2c&usp=sharing> > > to see a folder of pictures (some of them are taken prior to the rebuild, > so they have the old bar tape) > 61 cm Rivendell Atlantis (2004-era), $1900 without the saddle > Peter White-built wheels, Mavic 719/Deore hubs > Sugino XD crankset, triple, new out/middle ring (inner is not used much) > Nitto Noodle bar, 46 cm > Shimano 600 headset > New chain/new cassette (12-34) > Velo Orange Grand Cru seat post > Shimano cantilever brakes > Panaracer Pasela 35 mm, tires, lots of life left (I have some Avocet > FasGrips on it right now in the pics since I put the Paselas on my wife's > Romulus a couple weeks ago, I will be putting them back on) OR I can put on > some Serfas 2.1" knobby tires I use for the dirt roads we have around here) > MKS RMX/Sneaker pedals > > > The Atlantis frameset costs $2300 new, and you can buy a complete one for > about $3000-$4000. I am selling this decade-old Atlantis for $1900 without > the saddle. I recently had the bike completely rebuilt, with a new bottom > bracket, new outer/middle chainrings, new cassette, new chain, new cable > and housing, new KoolStop salmon pads, newly overhauled headset and hubs, > and new bar tape. > > Mine has been used and loved, and has some scratches (no dents). There are > some scratches from chainsuck on the drive side chain stay. I use the > Atlantis to pull a trailer, so I have some black electric tape on the > non-drive side stays to protect the paint when I clamp the trailer hitch on > the bike. > > I will include a full bottle of the appropriate Testor's hobby paint when > I ship the bike so you can touch up whatever you like. During the next few > days, I will be cleaning and polishing up the bike, so if I have time I'll > remove the cranks and do it myself, but I can't make any promises. When I > get home from work, my wife wants a break from kid duty, not watching me > doing another bike project :) > > Be sure to refer to Rivendell's sizing charts to see if this will fit you. > I am 5'11", with a PBH of about 87-88 cm. That's in the lowest range of fit > for this bike, and if you plan on running bigger tires you should have a > PBH of about 88 or more. > > If you buy this and want it shipped, I will have it professionally packed > for $45 and shipped for the least expensive option we can find (packing and > shipping at your cost). If you want to pick it up, I live in Southern > California and work out a meet-up, although you are welcome to visit our > beautiful town of Wrightwood in the eastern San Gabriels. > > One other note: if you have wanted an Atlantis but in a different color, > this would be a perfect opportunity because you could get this one much > cheaper than a new one, and pay for your favorite paint job and still come > out WAY ahead money-wise. At least, that's what I would do in a similar > situation. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
