Atlantis-inspired custom touring bike for sale

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I'm selling my touring bike to fund some adventures, and, while it isn't a Riv, there's probably enough of a Riv connection that it will be of interest here.

In 2004 I bought an Atlantis, which was my main/only bike for several years. At some point, I decided that I wanted to try a custom bike that was like the Atlantis in terms of fit and "personality". I knew Curt Goodrich from his Rivendell connection and because he is local, so after researching a bit, asked Curt to build me my ultimate touring bike. I wanted a fit similar to that of my 58 cm Atlantis, but with clearance for a 26x2.35" tire with fenders and I preferred the stiffness and versatility of a 1-1/8" threadless steerer. Otherwise, I gave Curt a lot of creative liberty, even about the color. Most of the frame is fillet brazed, but the fork crown is one of the bi-plane Pacenti crowns and the seatpost junction has a pretty lug. Sort of an unorthodox mix of joinery, but it looks elegant. This was the result (before I got it dirty):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/3277222915/

As you can see, tire clearance is HUGE.

Here are the frame geometry specs.
ST=58 (center to top)
TT=58 (center to center)
TT slope=2 degrees
Seat angle=72
Head angle=72
Fork rake=50mm
BB drop=62
CS=44.5cm

Here are some current pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/tags/goodrichforsale/

Parts:
Seatpost: Nitto "frog"
Bar: Nitto Noodle 46 cm
Stem: Nitto UI-5GX 90 mm
Headset: Chris King Steelset
BB: Shimano UN-54
Crank: Sugino XD-something
Cassette: 9sp 11-34 or similar
Chain: SRAM PC-971 or similar
rder: XTR 950 series Rapid rise
fder: Suntour XC Pro
shifters: Dura-Ace 9sp bar-ends
brakes: Tektro v-brakes with Tektro levers

Wheels:
Phil Wood 48h tandem rear hub (bolt on style) with 140 mm spacing to reduce dish, laced to polished Sun RhynoLite with Wheelsmith butted spokes
Schmidt 40h SON28 dynamo front hub, laced to polished Sun RhynoLite with Wheelsmith butted spokes. IQ Fly headlight is included.
Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 26x2.0.

There is also a slick little brazed-on rear cable hanger for cantilever brakes, and a brazed-on taillight mount on the seatpost, with taillight included.

The fenders are Berthoud stainless 26x60, painted candy-apple red to match the frameset.

This is a wonderful bicycle, but the paint has always been "soft" and, after several years of use, it looks a little rough. I put a small chip in the paint as I was carrying it out of Curt's shop, and have had many more paint chipping accidents while riding, transporting, or parking it. Most of the chips are in the outer coat, with the underlying primer coat still intact. The most egregious paint damage was to the drive side chainstay, which occurred when transporting the bike on a friend's car rack, and some part of his bike gouged the paint in this area. As far as I know, there is no significant rust on any of the gouges, and no dents.

No saddle (unless you want the cheapie WTB saddle in the picture). I can include the racks shown for $100 each. I also have a lightweight wheelset that can be included if desired.

I'm asking $2900 shipping in CONUS. Please contact off-list if interested, or on-list if you simply want to discuss the bike.

[Joe Bernard]

Wow. Those white tires really set off the candy apple paint. You need sunglasses to look at it!

 

Joe Bernard

Fairfield, CA.

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I actually felt a little self-conscious with that set-up at first.

[Michael_S]

wow... talk about pimp my ride!   It seems pretty common to copy the proven Atlantis geometry and add a few tweaks to make it exactly what you want. I've been considering that for a while. One thing I've found is that it's tough to find a 25.4 fork crown with the same clearance as the Atlantis. You can sleeve the Pacenti  to make it work, but that's about it.

 

I'm not a red bike person but it certainly is a looker.  The seat tube lug looks like a Pacenti Artisan to me.

 

~mike

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I was hoping to sell this bike com

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I was hoping to sell this bike complete, because I don't need a box of "seed parts", but somebody recently asked about the frameset only. I think that would be doable. Frame, fork, and matching fenders for $1600 shipped.