Hello Bill. This is incredibly helpful, thank you. I love the overlap photos. I just went out to my bikes and did some measuring, and comparing with your images is helpful. From what I can see the new 54 Appaloosa has almost identical front-center as your older 55. So it may have the same issue as yours for me, too. Actually the specs are identical except the TT is a smidge lower.
Atlantis is way out there! Best. Paul On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 11:55:16 AM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Paul > > I had a 55 first run Appaloosa. The only major shortcoming of the 55 > Appaloosa for me was the TCO, and my opinion that it should have been a > 650B bike. My every day commute involved two spots where I would have to > execute a tight weave through the access gate to a bike path, and at both > spots I'd kick the fender hard. > > I have the first run MIT 650B Atlantis. My test-ride with Grant was > immortalized in a Blagh post > https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/peeking-through-the-knothole/post-holiday > > The first run 56cm 650B Atlantis does not have TCO for me. I actually did > a small photo-essay of the TCO situation of my entire stable: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72157713520401717 > > I think the even-more-current Atlantis and Appaloosa may avoid TCO as > well, with an even longer front-center. Those bikes will require some sort > of swept back bar for most riders. My Atlantis is that brief combo that > has a short enough top tube to run drop bars, and 650B wheels to avoid > TCO. For those reasons, it's my perfect Atlantis. I wouldn't change a > thing. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 5:01:37 AM UTC-7 ☆ Paul ☆ wrote: > >> Hello All. >> >> Does anyone have toe overlap issues on a Joe Appaloosa with fat 50-ish >> tires and fenders? >> How about the first run MIT 650B Atlantis? >> >> I have big Sneakers (13) but am not terribly tall (5’11) and find overlap >> to be an issue on my 700c Homer with 40c tires and fenders. The tips of all >> my sneakers have run marks and I find myself hitting the fenders now >> frequently. So am thinking about switching things around and trying to hunt >> up a different model frame to use as a fast townie. >> >> I do ride on the balls of my feet, not my heels. 🙂 >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/c3a6f6cb-cb4a-40b9-ac19-4ab6c7b648a5n%40googlegroups.com.
