Nice story Doug. Always enjoy these personal accounts of visits to Riv HQ. Best, Richard (Happily riding my 26" wheeled, 46cm chain stayed Atlantis)
On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 2:44:47 PM UTC-4, dougP wrote: > > On my way to the West Point Inn weekend, I stopped by RBWHQ just to hang > out & check out all the new goodies. As luck would have it, Roman was > working with a potential customer, helping him sort out the Appaloosa, > Atlantis & Clem question. The guy had been riding old bikes for a long > time & felt it was about time to get something really nice. After he took > off on Grant's personal Appaloosa (he intends to commute so all the junk on > the bike was a good simulated load), Roman walked me thru all the changes > on the new Atlantis & offered to slap a saddle on a 56 cm , 650B. Since I > really wasn't buying anything, I declined the ride. > > After a while the guy came back, thoroughly smitten with the Appaloosa, > and asking about what was the next level up? Of course it's the Atlantis, > and the 56 cm 650B was the right size. So it got the saddle, all checked > out & away the customer went. On his return, while he & Roman discussed > the differences between Atlantis & Appaloosa, and Roman worked up a couple > of sample builds for him, I took off on the Atlantis, "just for fun". Oh > boy, was that a most pleasant surprise! > > I've had my 58 cm, 700c wheeled Atlantis since 2003. We've covered a lot > of ground. By the time I got to the end of the building, I thought "this > is really different, in a really GOOD way". The bike felt more responsive > in all respects. It was shod with chubbier tires than the 40 mms on my > bike. Of course it had no load, just a small front rack. Being new, all > the clicks clicked perfectly and the brakes braked. Still, it was the RIDE > that was noticeable. > > The smaller wheel size must have something to do with it. The chainstays > are 2 cm longer than mine. The TT has a tad more slope. What other subtle > improvements have been made to take an already fine riding bike & turn it > into a magical experience? Normally I'm quite skeptical of small changes > making big differences in already nice things, but in this case it's > definitely change for the better. > > BTW, Roman found a green Appaloosa frame that the customer couldn't take > his eyes off of. My guess is he's close to New Bike Day. Maybe Roman will > post photos? > > dougP > -- 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.
