They are similar in that they both ride like Rivendells. "Better for touring" is purely in the eye of the beholder. Both can be used for touring, no problem. Both can be used as road bikes. The Atlantis maybe has a tiny bit more offroad top-end because it takes bigger tires, but you can ride trails on the Hillborne too. Both are extraordinary platforms for executing a wide array of builds. Some people may build them different from each other to broaden their differences. Some people may build them the same, decide they are too similar and sell one.
My Hillborne is set up as a fast road bike that I use for brevet riding. I just ordered an Atlantis which I'll be setting up as a drop bar mountain bike. They are both awesome. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito CA On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 1:48:56 PM UTC-8, Randall Rupp wrote: > > > For those that have ridden both the Atlantis and Hillborne, how similar > are they riding-wise? I have a lovely Hillborne in orange that I think is > great and have used on a couple week long bike tours, but have always > wondered whether the Atlantis was better for touring. Hillborne seems > pretty stout and handles well loaded up. I guess I can get bigger tires on > an Atlantis, but is that the primary difference especially now with the > made in Taiwan frames. > > Of course, now that I'm writing this I imagine this has been asked plenty > of time before, but I'll post anyway on the slim chance it hasn't. > -- 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.
