I have a 64cm Atlantis that is currently back at RBW for a repaint (silver :-)).
I is my most recent Rivendell and one of my favorite all time bicycles. If I had to keep one bicycle it would be the Atlantis, glad I got a 64 when they were available. The handling when loaded is wonderful. Sound like someone will get a very nice bicycle Good luck with the sale, sorry it has to be sold. Angus On Apr 6, 11:37 pm, Swashbuckling Dandy <swashbuckling.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I'd really rather not do this, but it's been a tough couple of > years and life goes on as they say. I have a 64cm Atlantis that I > bought back before they had kickstand plates, mid-fork eyelets or the > fancier lugs. If I can get $1500 for the frame, fork and Ultegra > headset then I can get some other things paid off. I bought the frame > new and built it up for loaded touring. I took it on a delightful > shakedown cruise one sunny afternoon, and since then it has just been > a really nice bike I take out now and then for short spins. It's never > been on anything resembling a tour, even an overnight trip to the next > town. The paint is in fine shape save a few of the inevitable chips > and scratches, but those are few and very minor. All in all, it's > probably about as close to new condition as you will find in a frame > that's been assembled and ridden a few hundred miles. I blasted it > with framesaver when I took it out of the box and I live on the edge > of the desert so rust is not an issue. > > As noted in a recent thread here, the 64 is no longer available new. > If you are reading this then you most likely know what the bike is and > how to determine if it's the right size for you. Here is a link to the > geometry page: > > http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/geometry.html > > Most of the parts will likely end up on an old touring bike frame I > picked up a few years ago, but I could be persuaded to include the > cranks and bottom bracket, since that was one of the most time > consuming parts of the build. They are pretty nice Deore mountain bike > cranks from the early 90s with newer chainrings and a UN72 (XT grade) > bb carefully selected and spaced to optimize the chainline and center > the cranks on the frame. The cranks are 175s and the rings are > 46-36-24. > > Please contact me off list for details and my personal info. At the > moment, it's still a very lovely complete bike but I'll dismantle it > and pack it very well if someone buys the frame. There are several > reasons I would rather avoid that popular auction site, but I have a > top rating there and that's probably where this frame will end up if > no one here buys it. Or not. Hard to say. Packing is included; > shipping will be whatever it ends up being from Grand Junction, > Colorado. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
