As a former Appaloosa owner, I'm a little disappointed to see the extra-long chainstays and 6° TT come to the Atlantis. Although the Joe is billed as an "all-arounder," IME that is quite a subjective term. I found climbing unwieldy without a sizable front load (especially on dirt), and with the long top tube, drop bars are not as feasible for some riders using Riv's suggested sizing (myself included). I would consider the existing Atlantis geo to be more all-rounder, a balance of traditional stack and reach numbers with the mid-length chainstays.
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 4:57:24 PM UTC-7, Eamon Nordquist wrote: > > I wonder why they decided to extend the chainstays - that Blug picture > looks like it has Clem/Appaloosa length stays (maybe it's an illusion from > 26" wheels?). Didn't the Atlantis already have 48cm chainstays? All the > other changes seem like a good idea to me, but this just seems like turning > the Atlantis into an Appaloosa. > > I started a separate thread about super long chainstays and taking your > bike on buses/trains. > > Eamon > > >> -- 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.
