Darin: I have had a 58 cm / 700c wheeled Atlantis since '03, so that's my baseline. I've ridden a couple of 56 cm / 26" wheeled & also a 56 cm / 650B wheeled one, and cannot recall any noticeable difference in quickness. By quickness I assume you are talking about how fast it accelerates.
My PBH is 85, so I'm in the overlap area between 56 & 58. FWIW, before the Atlantis I'd had 56, 57, & 58 cm bikes, and got comfortable on all 3 sizes with minor adjustments, mostly stem changes. If your Bleriot is a good fit, that's the place to start comparing dimensions. It's been said "can always make a smaller frame larger with stems & seat height" which may be true to an extent, but being two sizes too small sounds like a lot to correct. There's an active market for especially 56, 58 & 61 Atlantis. Those sizes fit a huge number of riders so there always seems to something for sale. dougP On Friday, October 26, 2018 at 1:23:32 PM UTC-7, DarinM wrote: > > I have a 56cm, 26"-wheeled Toyo Atlantis that I've recently realized is > too small for my 89cm PBH body (I know, way off). I've struggled with bike > fit all 8-9 of my cycling years and didn't really think the "Riv fit" would > work for me when I picked this frame up this summer. More recently, I > bought a 61cm Bleriot on the list and it fits like a glove! I'm still > happily riding the Atlantis, but can't help but feel like a 61cm frame > would be even better. > > I really love the Atlantis and have it build up exactly as I like it. I'm > quite sure the fit would be an instant improvement but worry that the > quickness I like about the smaller wheels would be lost with the 700c > wheels. I know their not fashionable and tire options are limited, but I > think the small wheels work really well on this bike. > > Anyone ridden both wheel sizes and have thoughts on the difference? More > likely to find someone who's ridden the 56 and 58, but maybe a 61, too? > > Darin > -- 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.
