On Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 1:49 PM Ben Mihovk <bjmih...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's my Atlantis in its second home, my classroom! It's a 2019 MIT frame > that I purchased with a very standard build up from Rivendell about a year > ago.
Ben, Great looking Atlantis. > > - 59cm > - Choco bars with an amateurishly wrap and twine job, shellac'd cork > grips > - Microshift thumbies in the flipped Riv style working a Deore M591 in > the rear and IRD Sub-C on the front > - Clipper wide/low 42/26 with 11-32 cassette > - Wheels are the standard Rivendell Atlas design built by Velocity > with 42mm Shikoros > - SKS P50sBen > > I love my Choco bars, I've toyed with wrapping them like you have in the curves but I love the polished aluminum. By the way it doesn't look that amateurish to me, looks great! I know nothing about these Shikoro's, I presume they are from Japan? What is a clipper wide low? I know it's a crank set but I've never heard of the clipper brand? Regarding the Deore M591, is 32 it's max cog? Or can it go to 36? > I've added... > > - The cheap (and very light!) rear rack > - Mark's rack > - Fun green valve caps > - Yokozuna salmon brake pads > - Iris bottle cage > - X-Small saddle bag up front carries flat fix stuff and trail passes > - Slimsucker is laptop, books, layers, etc... > > > What I'm thinking about doing... > > - Changing out the SV19 with the SV17...I'm not a weight weenie, but > the bike would drop a half pound just with different tubes > - > > I went tubeless, never looking back. > > - I love the Shikoros...no punctures on over a year of commuting on > city streets. I might try an endurance casing RH or the Supple Vitesse EX > next, though... > > I'm personally going with the RH 27.5″ x 2.2″ (650B x 55) Umtanum Ridge TC Tire with endurance casing on my dirt centric Atlantis. > > - Toying with converting to drops, but I can't find a shifting > solution I like as much as what I have...I don't like the look of bar end > shifters, I like the stem. > > https://www.gevenalle.com/product/audax/ This is an option. Ben Thanks for sharing your Atlantis, I really appreciate the build, remember to let us see your changes and what led you to make them and whether they worked to your satisfaction? Best Regards, Hugh in LA > > Ben in Omaha > [image: 1.jpg][image: 2.jpg][image: 3.jpg][image: 4.jpg][image: 5.jpg] > On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 12:40:49 PM UTC-5 Hugh Smitham wrote: > >> Hi Rivy Peps, >> >> There's a lotta love for many of the Riv models out there and rightly so >> but I think the flagship model born from the original all-rounder needs >> some attention. So in that spirit let's see you Atlantis. Extra points for >> close-up pictures of your cockpit and other details like wheels, but we of >> course want to see a nice portrait too! >> >> Let's have some fun! >> >> Hugh Smiitham >> Los Angeles, CA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/HYJSTJuFmmU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/3384a746-d4bc-482e-9a6f-7281adc8f77bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3384a746-d4bc-482e-9a6f-7281adc8f77bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BvJTt2Ma0As_HWLZQqODtbGC4a80w0w_XqRh%2B%3Deb29t64aVLA%40mail.gmail.com.
