Hi y’all! You may recognize me from some of the many for sale posts I’ve responded to/things I’ve purchased from this list! This is my first post, though.
Up until about a year ago, I didn’t actually own a Rivendell - I did set up a few ‘90’s mtb’s with albatross bars, but albatross bars does not a Rivendell make. I had my heart set on an Atlantis, but never had the budget to make it happen. A few came and went on this list, and eBay, but none ended up working out for me. Then, I test rode an early Toyo Atlantis at Golden Pliers in Portland, OR in 2021, but the tire clearance was just not enough for me. Fast forward to almost 3 years later, August 2023 - I’m scrolling on instagram, I see a post from Golden Pliers. A 2018 Atlantis frameset. In my size. Someone had bought it and never built up, and was selling it through the shop. I didn’t even wait a day - the next morning, I called and paid for it over the phone. I fretted a for a while about the long chain stays and their aesthetics, and then just decided to get over it. It’s taken me about 6 stem swaps, 3 bars, some months (almost a year, as I look at the calendar) to get it where I want it, and it’s still not perfectly there! (I’m sure many people from the “Your Riv’s Next Upgrades/Parts Swaps” thread can relate). Jaden, in Monsoon season in az -- 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/55bfd0dd-fec8-42bb-ab58-f024ac835aa2n%40googlegroups.com.
