Doug, Being that your a one Riv guy I understand your desire to change bars, I plan on running Abastashe bars on my new to me Atlantis, for now the AHH will continue to have noodles...I think what Ayjaydee ( really wish some lister's used their names [[small rant!!]]) said about their hands at the bends of the albatross bars makes sense, probably lots of hand positions.
What you describe about rental bikes even though a more economical and on some level less hassle still worries me that I'd be pining for my bike left home especially on those climbs! In the future I may go the S&S couplers if I decide to travel abroad which I figure will be awhile. Look forward to hearing all the stories from your adventures. ~Hugh On Monday, October 14, 2013 8:30:20 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: > > Just back from a tour involving rental bikes, my wife & I hopped on our > Atlantii after recovering from jet lag. What a difference! "Touring > bikes" are sometimes derided as heavy, clunky, slow, etc., but after > several hundred miles on rental hybrids, an Atlantis feels like a sports > car. Even though the overall weight isn't much different (hey, we lugged > our rentals up & down stairs, tossed them onto trains, etc.), the > performance difference was enormous, especially climbing. I can't tell you > why but hills that would be "of no consequence" on my Atlantis were > seriously consequential on the rental. In their defense, I'm sure our > rentals would retail well below US$1,000, so it's true that you get what > you pay for. Another unexpected consequence is we are both rethinking the > drop bars on our Atlantii. We were both more comfortable on the upright > bars and there didn't seem to be any downside. Pondering, pondering.... > > dougP > -- 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.
