Interesting idea. I was thinking along the lines of making the bombadil or hunqapillar a bullmoose barred, paul thumbie, small racked with small bags when the needs arise, singletrack capable machine and the Atlantis the tourer with drop bars and panniers. If an Atlantis will work fine on the trails too, I could just get a second set of wheels for that too. It may be the route I go. Do you think the sloping top tube on the hunq or bomb will offer me better stand over than the Atlantis, so in other words just get one of those instead of the Atlantis?
On Aug 25, 6:49 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > My initial attempt at setting up multiple cockpits is going *very* > well for me. Get the one bike; and get what you need to make it three > or four bikes as desired. I highly recommed daVinci bar-switch kits > for this purpose. They don't address the front brake issue... But... > it turns out that if you have a Paul motolite brake up front then > simply getting an extra hooked canoe and noodle (moto kit) for each > bar really makes things easy. > > I've got Albatross and Moustache bars set up this way for my > Hillborne. Makes it two completely different bikes. The initial set up > of the da Vinci splitters is somewhat tedious. But on my very first > switch of bars I did not have to adjust a thing; my indexing and > brakes were good to go. Definitely more economical than multiple > bikes. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn skean > > On Aug 25, 5:16 pm, "Allingham II, Thomas J" > > > > <thomas.alling...@skadden.com> wrote: > > I have an Atlantis and a Bombadil; they were similar enough in function > > (actually, VERY similar) that I stripped the Bomba and am in the process of > > rebuilding it as a Bullmoose barred, Rohloff-equipped bike of the > > apocalypse. Which I guess is a roundabout way of saying that I agree with > > those who are urging you not to make an Atlantis and a Bomba/Hunq your two > > Riv bikes -- there's a lot of better variety in their offerings, especially > > the Homer. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rene Sterental > > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:05 PM > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: [RBW] Hunqapillar or Bombadil for the trails? > > > I started with an AHH and then added a Bombadil with the idea that the AHH > > would be my road bike and the Bomba would be my MTB/eventual touring & > > camping bike. Both with 700c wheels. The Bombadil proved to be too large > > and I exchanged it for an Atlantis that ia virtually identical in it's > > geometry to the AHH which fit perfectly. The smaller Bomba was for 650b > > tires and I wanted to have the same wheels for both. > > > I second Ray that if you only get one bike, it should be the Atlantis with > > the extra wheelset The second shouldn't be a Bomba or Hunqua, it should be > > a Homer. An Atlamtis and a Bba/Hunqua is like having two for the same > > purpose. > > > The idea of two Atlantis with different bar configurations is quite > > intriguing... But I'd rather experwnt first, choose the preferred setup and > > have one bike of each: AHH + Atlantis. 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