"I call poppycock" There's not really a good way to talk about eras of Atlantis Geometry, but there are three distinct eras and they are three completely different bikes in my book. There was "Era 1" the long period of pre-MIT Atlantis, then the exceptionally brief "Era 2" when the first MIT Atlantis bikes came out, and there's "Era 3" which is now. It looks to me like you've got an Era 2 Atlantis, and I've had both an Era 1 and Era 2 Atlantis meander through my stable. I agree with you that an Era 2 Atlantis is well-suited for drop bars, and I'd agree with the earlier characterization that the current Era 3 Atlantis has a much much longer Reach, and that makes it less-well-suited for drop bars.
Those three Eras of Atlantis are sufficiently different that I think having one of each would be a perfectly smart thing to do. A 2025 Atlantis with drop bars would probably end up looking like Will's Appaloosa experiment. The easiest thing to see at a glance on the Geo-Chart is to compare Hilsen with 2025 Atlantis. For a given size, the Atlantis has a Reach fully 4cm longer. I would wager that your "Era 2" MIT Atlantis has a geometry a lot closer to a Hilsen than a 2025 Atlantis. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 12:03:18 AM UTC-8 esoterica etc wrote: > > Since the MIT Atlantis was lumped together with the list of models that > are simply non-conducive to drop bars, I call poppycock. > > My 650b MIT Atlantis was wonderful with Nitto Noodle bars. It came to me > originally with Choco bars which were also wonderful, but at the time I > already had another bike with a similar bar and no other geared bike with > drop bars in my stable. So I put the Noodles on just out of curiosity > thinking that it probably wouldn't stay on for long, but I ended up liking > it better than the Chocos and kept it on until I ultimately sold the > Atlantis. > > You'll never know until you try, and I encourage y'all to experiment with > your bikes just like Will is doing. Tinkering is half the fun! > > ~Mark > Kailua, HI > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fbc145b2-fed2-4fd7-853a-16da1f3e0d87n%40googlegroups.com.
