I said the 56cm 650B Atlantis was a perfect bike and that I wouldn't change a thing.
Mike Williams asked for a comparison with the Joe Appaloosa, which is an excellent bike. There are a few small but notable differences that make the Joe Appaloosa a very good bike for Bill Lindsay, and make the Atlantis a perfect bike for Bill Lindsay. They both ride great. The 55cm Joe Appaloosa is ideally set up with Choco bars, in my opinion. For me, drop bars are just better, and the top tube length of the Joe Appaloosa would have made a drop bar setup goofy for me. The 56cm Atlantis has a slightly shorter top tube and is perfect with drop bars and a 9cm stem. The 55cm Joe Appaloosa has 700c wheels. When you run it with stout wheels and tires, those heavy wheels make the bike more cruiserish and less agile, in my opinion. The 650B wheels of the Atlantis are far more preferable in handling. It is possible that lightweight 700c wheels and tires could get some of that back. My preferred agility in 650B could easily be countered by another person's stability in 700c. Finally, I really dislike toe clip overlap. I really dislike it and avoid it whenever I can. I bought the Appaloosa thinking it wouldn't have TCO for me, because it had a really long front center. It had less TCO than my 700c 58cm Atlantis that I used to have, but it still happened, and fully loaded on campouts it was a problem that I don't want anymore. 650B bikes in my size never have TCO. So, if I still had the Appaloosa, I'd still ride it and it would still be great, but I would wish it was 650B and I would wish that it had a slightly shorter top tube for a better drop bar setup. The Atlantis is perfect. The fact that it is an instantly recognizeable ICON of a machine also makes the Atlantis perfect, in my eyes. I also prefer less seatpost showing on a 56 from the 55 Appaloosa. The original Atlantis was a masterpiece. I'm now convinced the MIT Atlantis is flat out better (for me). Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA -- 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.
