Jeesh, you guys. I think that I, or maybe most of us, forget how idiosyncratic our world views are. I'm certainly guilty of forgetting that most of this forum is made up of people how live in or near urban areas and ride on paved surfaces - however 'rough' they may be. But remember that one man's fringe is another man's middle. That fatbike is what I'm forced to ride for 7 months out of a year, if I wish to even get on a bike at all. The other 5 months, my actual "roads" look like backcountry trails compared to the buffed-out fire trails in the hills around RBW Headquarters.
The Atlantis is NEVER going to be appropriate for even the middle ground, for me. A hard-tail, 29+ mountain bike, perhaps. If you want a bike in the vein of the Weigle/Heine Concours rig, get a damn Homer or Sam. The Atlantis is and always was optimized for comfortable, long-distance touring on any surface it's likely to encounter. Though, if you're riding on hard surfaces and don't have to pop the front end up, I STILL don't understand the aversion to long stays. It's always going to be far more of a road bike than a mountain bike. -- 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.
