I bought my Atlantis after quite a bit of discussion with Rivendell. I wanted a custom touring bike but after the measurements, questions about current bike, etc, they said, "Well, what we'd build would pretty much be an Atlantis with S&S couplings. How badly do you want that feature?" There were a few other fiddly bits involved but as it turned out a stock Atlantis exceeded expectations. That was in 2003.
RE: LHT v Atlantis. One of my touring buds got an Atlantis after years on a LHT. Hopping back'n'forth between them, he concluded the difference was real. Not huge but noticeable. So you really do get something more than pretty lugs & 2 tone paint. Will it change your life in mystical ways? Probably not. dougP On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 6:53:38 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: > > A lugged steel frame made to order by Waterford in the USA sounds pretty > custom to me. I don't agree with the conventional wisdom that a full custom > - even one from Rivendell - always gets you a better bike if the Atlantis > already fits, and does the stuff one wants to do with their $2300 frameset. -- 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.
