I look forward to seeing your new Atlantis!
On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 9:53:36 AM UTC-6, Steve Cole wrote: > > Chris, > > I too was interested in the new MIT Atlantis, especially the 55 cm. While > I originally thought the 59 cm would be the appropriate size (I love my 59 > cm AHH), the change in geometry for the MIT Atlantis has led me to conclude > that the 55 cm is the better fit. In addition, I am more interested in a > 700c than the 650b. That said, I inquired about the geometry of the 55 cm > MIT Atlantis with Riv and got this information in response: > > top tube slope: 6 degrees > > rear spacing; 135mm > > seat tube angle: 72 degrees > > head tube angle: 70 degree > > effective top tube: 61cm > > chainstay; 53.5cm > > max tire: 2.25" > > single top tube > > > After looking at these specs, they seemed a little inconsistent with the > other, original MIT Atlantis specs and asked about this. Grant wrote me to > say: "We change, refine, improve as we go. I don't like to show > geometries...for this reason. :)". > > > I have a 55 cm on order that will be built up soon after it arrives. I'll > post about it when I get it. > > > Steve Cole > > Arlington, VA > > On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 8:53:11 AM UTC-5, Chris L wrote: >> >> I was just looking at the Gus geometry charts and noticed all of the >> bikes are updated with 2019 charts. The biggest changes I noticed were in >> the bikes I might be interested in purchasing, the Atlantis and the >> Appaloosa, and the sizes have changed on both. I would have ridden a 56 >> Atlantis and a 55 Appaloosa and now I'm guessing I would ride a 55 Atlantis >> and a 54 Appaloosa, although no S.O. heights are listed on those two. >> >> The 55cm Atlantis is now a 700c bike with a much longer top-tube and >> slacker head angle/longer rake. Sounds interesting and I can't wait to see >> one. >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1955980a-6428-4dfc-b641-bf6bec55a66c%40googlegroups.com.
