I ordered a 59 yesterday (😍 that rainbow bar), chomping at the bit right after noon worried it would sell out (unfounded I guess). Super excited! I've bought lots of parts and gear from Riv for years and years but never an actual bicycle. I hope I like it; it seems likely I will. Really regretting that I didn't try harder to make a visit over to Riv when I was briefly down in La Honda in October.
The other Riv frames haven't been too attractive to me in comparison to my long-time trusty steed, a Surly Cross-Check which I've continually refined into a great all-rounder bike for me over the past 12 years. Asking myself "Do I really need a new single?" always concluded in "Not really." But the Atlantis got my attention a while back around the same time it felt like my more recent refinements of the Cross-Check were fighting its geometry. On the Atlantis, I'm looking forward to getting even more upright, switching to a quill stem, running wider tires than the Cross-Check can accommodate with fenders (38s from Compass, er, Rene Herse), experiencing longer chainstays, having All The Braze-ons, and so on. Will first build it up using a mix a spare parts I have on hand, stolen parts from my Cross-Check, and new parts just for it, and see where it goes from there. My brain is definitely vibrating with the (rare to me) new bike excitement and not just any new bike, but a Riv! Thomas in Seattle P.S. Hello! I just learned about (and joined) this list two days ago when researching more about the Atlantis. I think I'll stay a while. On 4/21/22 10:14, Jim Whorton wrote: > I ordered a 55 frame. It is all I can do to be ending these sentences > with periods instead of strings of exclamation points. I'm stoked, > I'm enthused, I'm maintaining a calm exterior while selecting parts > one by one. I've got a Clem H I bought complete, much modified now > with guidance from this forum. The Atlantis will be my first time > building a bike up from a new frame. I'm going to go sloooowww and > enjoy it too. > > I have been wanting this bike for years and was doubtful I'd be able > to get it, as fast as the Riv frames have been selling out lately. > And I see now there are still Atlantis frames available, a day later, > in every size EXCEPT the 55. Below is proof that the 55s sold out in > under an hour. > > Jim in Rochester > > > atlantis 55 sold out.jpg > > On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 5:50:53 PM UTC-4 CJ wrote: > > I have to admit that for the last decade or so, I haven't been too > interested in Rivendell's off-the-peg frame offerings. I have a > Rambouillet and a Heron, and briefly owned a 26" wheeled Toyo > Atlantis (that had been a wish-list bike for a long time) that I > just didn't gel with. I've looked at Riv's current offerings, and > the only one in recent years that peaked my interest was the Clem > H. After reading the most recent Riv newsletter and seeing the > Atlantis pre-order, I took a look, and realized that the 53cm > Atlantis is very close in fit and function to the 52cm Clem H. > It's kind of got me interested. If I were to buy one, I would have > to build a set of wheels, as I don't have any 584 wheelsets. I'd > probably rob the rest of the parts to build it off some other > bikes, and think about thinning the herd a bit. I've built quite a > fleet of 90s MTB beaters, and they are currently enjoying a bit of > a moment of popularity, so maybe it's time to release some of them > into the wild. > > Anyway, that's my story. Is anyone else planning on trying to get > an Atlantis? Why? What are your plans for it? > > Any recommendations for 584 rims? I think the Velocity Cliffhanger > is the only wide, rim brake rim available in that size. Any others > that I've missed. I'd be using 2.2-2.4" tires, so narrow rims need > not apply. > > Chris > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c71a7959-8f29-489d-adfe-47397c46e550n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c71a7959-8f29-489d-adfe-47397c46e550n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c6494d19-3bce-87c5-9e93-69e5c910590b%40zulutango.org.
