John, You’re right about the 650b Atlantis having no toe clip overlap. Bill Lindsay, in his thread about “four framesets for sale”, confirms this. It’s also largely due to his many posts about the 650b Atlantis that I now have one on order and expect it some time this week. If I was in your situation, I’d say definitely get the Atlantis and build them up to be two very different, but complimentary bikes. You’ll not regret it. Good luck and God speed!
~Mark > On Feb 10, 2019, at 22:43, dougP <dougpn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John: > > That's not crazy but perfectly rational. The current iteration of the > Atlantis shows what many years of product development can produce. I have an > '03 and was pleasantly surprised at how the LWB version is more comfortable, > yet gives up nothing in handling & manuverability. Setting both bikes up as > you describe sounds like the way to best use of each. > > dougP > >> On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 5:32:09 PM UTC-8, John Bokman wrote: >> I'm a super-duper happy owner of a Sam. It's a fantastic commuter. (I know >> it can do more, but don't). However...I have always wanted an Atlantis. Now, >> it's (almost) affordable for me. >> I've been thinking of getting an Atlantis in 650 B, using it as my commuter >> (and hopefully, touring bike if I can ever get time off), and setting up my >> Sam as my "fast, stripped down road/ dirt bike. >> >> Crazy? >> >> The Sam, which now holds front and rear Tubus racks, Nitto Front F32, and >> carries panniers on my daily grind, would be stripped down to no racks, and >> eventually a lighter wheel set than my current (not shabby) Velocity >> Synergies. >> >> Probably roll with Compass tires on it, too (now run the excellent, >> affordable, Vittoria Voyager Hypers). >> >> The only thing I have not loved about my Sam has been that I get toe overlap >> at times at slow speed city riding. It's annoying at times. I am confident >> with a 650B setup of the 56cm Atlantis, this would be a non-issue. >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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. -- 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.
