IIRC the ad for this bike mentioned that it was ex-Jim Thill. It just wanted to return to the Twin Cities & Sergio made it happen. Congratulations! And the comments about the Atlantis capability to do anything are true. Good on Liesl for keeping an eye out for you on this. My wife came to be an Atlantis owner courtesy of a sharp eyed list member who sent an ad I would not have seen otherwise. Atlantis seem to have a way of finding homes when in need.
dougP On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:09:20 PM UTC-7, Frank Brose wrote: > > I might be wrong but that sure looks like Jim Thill's from Hiawatha > Cyclery in Minneapolis that he decided to part ways with some time back. > Nice Score! Like Christopher said "You can do anything on an Atlantis" > Enjoy! > > On Monday, July 29, 2013 10:03:13 PM UTC-5, Sergio wrote: >> >> Hello! I'm writing to introduce myself as a new (used) Rivendell Atlantis >> owner. It wasn't a planned event and certainly wasn't budgeted, but this is >> the kind of trouble you get yourself into when you hang with Liesl. >> >> >> Long story short: >> >> I bought Steve's bike off the RBW Owners Bunch group. Black Atlantis with >> S&S couplers and generally really nice parts. I'm super psyched. >> >> >> Short story long: >> >> Following a round-town and backyard S240 we got to chatting about my >> dream bike, a Rivendell Atlantis. We talked about some details and bar-type >> (I wanted to switch up to Albas from the Noodles I had on my current bike). >> Extra fantasy-part bonus would be S&S couplers. It was an innocent enough >> conversation, in which I clearly stated that I didn't have the funds set >> aside and that it was a long-term dream--5 to 10 year goal. Well, a few >> hours after we parted ways I looked to my phone and saw: missed call, voice >> mail, 2 x texts. All from Liesl. I cringed because I knew it could only >> mean one thing. Sure enough, she just spotted the "deal of the century" on >> the group. It was even set up with Albas and had S&S couplers. Next thing I >> know, I'm looking it up. Next next thing I know I'm writing an email. Then >> I'm on the phone with Steve. Then I've purchased and am eagerly >> anticipating it's arrival. >> >> >> It arrived while I was away on vacation (shipped to a friend's house) so >> I was torn between enjoying mountain biking and seeing family in the Bay >> Area and wanting to get the heck back to Minneapolis to see this new >> beauty. Common sense ruled the day and I didn't get an early return ticket. >> While in the Bay Area, I decided to make a pilgrimage to Riv to pick up >> some pedals (sneaker) and some decals. The bike is smartly without any Riv >> decals--very incognito and just a little less thief-magnetic for it. >> However, since this is my first Riv and I'm just short enough on >> self-security I really want to bask in the reflected glow of this pedigreed >> chariot. Anyway, had a really nice chat with Keven and he sent me off with >> the goods plus a few Readers and a coin purse to boot. Super cool. >> >> >> I arrived home late Friday and put it together Saturday morning. It rides >> like a dream. So, all this to say, I am really jazzed about my new bike and >> have enjoyed lurking on the site. There's a lot of positivity and good >> information here and I'm glad to be officially joining the group. Cheers, >> and thanks Liesl! Hope to see some of you fellow Minneapolitans around town. >> >> >> Sergio >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
