I have a repainted Toyo Atlantis that I bought off this list a decade ago, I picked it up as a F, F & HS after it had been painted but never built up.
My advice is to think of any braze on you'd like to have and have that done when they move the brake posts. I'd love to have a few more on the fork and seat stays. I am also glad that the prior owner had a kickstand plate brazed in. Having said that, all 94cm PBH of me would leave it 650B and that color is fantastic. On Monday, April 6, 2026 at 11:06:54 AM UTC-6 Jamie D. wrote: > Thanks again everyone, I now feel confident that this is an early 26" > Atlantis with the bosses moved. > > Pat, my frame does not have the chain hanger and has slightly different > rear dropouts than yours but mine are consistent with this 56cm 26" > Atlantis <https://www.instagram.com/p/C-bdPCpIghX/?img_index=1> described > as a 'first batch' Atlantis (which does have the chain hanger). > > I also noticed that the canti bosses appear to be more square on the Toyo > Atlantis as opposed to the round ones on my frame which is another clue > that the bosses were moved. > > I'm definitely going to move the posts and repaint, I think it's better to > do it now rather than build up as-is now and maybe not get around to it for > years. > > Now as to how it should be repainted, submarine green would be the obvious > answer and the 'purist' route which I'm somewhat inclined to do... but this > seems like any excellent opportunity to pick a custom color which I believe > this was an option in this era. > > Does anyone know if there was a color chart to choose from or was it a > do-what-you-want kind of thing? > > [image: dropout.jpg][image: dropout_2.jpg][image: boss.jpg] > > On Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 10:58:02 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Jamie, >> >> I have an early Toyo Atlantis and everything in your photo would tell me >> that your bike is very early. >> >> I really don't have anything new to add that the other respondents >> haven't, but I do have a question. >> >> Early Toyo Atlantis frames have a chain hanger brazed on to the drive >> side seat stay. >> >> Mine (AT0040) has it, (see blurry photo) and a photo of an Atlantis >> believed to be AT0162 had it as well. >> >> I'm curious if the feature is still present on your frame (AT0299) or if >> it had been discontinued by then. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Pat >> >> [image: chainhanger.jpg] >> >> On Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 6:19:11 PM UTC-7 Ben Miller wrote: >> >>> Either way, I wouldn't worry too much about BB height. With disc brakes, >>> a lot of models can be run with 26, 27.5, or 29 wheels, as long as the >>> smaller rims have larger tyres. Atlanti should have plenty of BB height to >>> accommodate 26x2.1-2.2. >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 5:43 PM Brian Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It’s not likely that it was converted from a 700 frame because if it’s >>>> truly a 56cm, that was the largest size Atlantis that still took 26” >>>> wheels. Everything above that was 700. Now, there was also the >>>> aforementioned 56cm with 650b that was made for a short time… but to my >>>> knowledge that an a 53cm were the only two sizes they ran with 650b. >>>> >>>> Brian >>>> Lexington KY >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/aqDV41o2T3Y/unsubscribe >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/06CAEF42-5C31-4200-963E-AC8DEF594BEA%40gmail.com >>>> . >>>> >>> -- 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/2580296e-0b05-4f51-a5ef-dd0e603468abn%40googlegroups.com.
