Hi Max, I've done quite a bit of commuting on my Gus Boots-Willsen(s), and although I haven't ridden an Atlantis, I'd imagine the Gus is even more overkill than an Atlantis for commuting. I really, really like that bike, so even though I have others that are theoretically faster on pavement, the Gus is often what I choose. I'm now almost two years in after getting my first Gus (which got wrecked by an idiot driver and replaced with another Gus) and I still stop to look at it when I'm walking past, I like it that much. Same with my Crust Lightning Bolt that I've had for just over four years now. That just doesn't happen with my "beater" commuter bikes. People can try to reason it out all they want but there's something to be said for choosing a bike by instinct rather than with logic. If it were a very specific special-purpose bike (e.g. time-trial bike) that you were thinking of, I could see the argument against it, but there are not many things outside of racing that it seems like an Atlantis would be bad at. If you want an Atlantis, I'd say go for it - I don't think you'll regret it. And if you do, resale value is excellent.
Josiah Anderson around the PNW somewhere, currently Tacoma Le mer. 22 mai 2024 à 8:44 AM, max.c....@gmail.com <max.c.die...@gmail.com> a écrit : > First: I realize I am asking this to an entirely biased group of people > and I'm okay with that! > > For years I have casually dreamed of owning an Atlantis. I commute 4 miles > each way by bike, ditched my car a few years ago, and love riding, but I do > it pretty casually. I'm not racing or doing endurance rides. I just like > riding my bike and I do it whenever I can. > > I don't need the nicest bike in the world and have been fairly satisfied > with my 1988 Schwinn Cimarron that I've made a fair approximation of a poor > man's rivendell (somewhat out of date pic below!). However, I've always had > the itch to upgrade. > > Recently, I received an unexpected influx of cash and want to spend it on > something fun. I'm wondering: how much will I noticeably appreciate the > difference an Atlantis would bring if I were to spend the money? I'm > especially interested in the input from those who have gone from the 80s > era rigid MTB with swept back bars that approximate a Riv (and Grant's > ethos from Bridgestone) to the real deal. Was it worth the money? Do you > think you could have gotten by on that 80s frame? > > > > Thanks in advance! > Max > > -- > 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/9e2437ca-95b6-4944-bd34-b94bea30d4b3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9e2437ca-95b6-4944-bd34-b94bea30d4b3n%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/CADqZWjNu%2B81upjgR_QfOMV8D_8PgMuxCBPk9saTgReusUrEjGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
