Rivendell Atlantis 2 sizing ? Inquiring about a local sale

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Eliot B

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May 5, 2023, 1:07:29 PM5/5/23
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There is an Atlantis 2 for sale nearby. They are reporting a 56cm ST/57cm TT with 700c wheels and 84cm standover. 

This sizing seems off to me for a 700c. Anyone have any insight ? Is this a custom?

Eliot

Julian Westerhout

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May 5, 2023, 1:34:23 PM5/5/23
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Eliot, 

If it is local to you and that's near your preferred size go take a look --  many people do not accurately measure bike frames when selling them. The joy of a local sale is that you can go look at it ride, it, examine it, and, if you want, measure it yourself -- all of which will tell you much more than we folks on the internet without photos or knowledge of the bike could ever do!    :) 

Julian "Happy Toyo Atlantis owner" Westerhout
Bloomington, Il 

Bill Lindsay

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May 5, 2023, 1:46:01 PM5/5/23
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What do you think the numbers should be?  For sure you can't fake or mistake 700c.  If it's an Atlantis 2, it's old.  The newer ones have the newer decals and no '2'.  If it's 700c and old, the smallest it could possibly be is a 58.  If it's a 58 it would be 58cm center to top and darn close to 56cm center to center.  The standover seems spot on for a 58.  A 58 should have more like a 58.5cm effective top tube, center to center, so that's the one discrepancy.  I'd bet a dollar that it's an unreliable measurer, and that it's a 58.  

How much do they want for it?  Do you have a link?

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

Joe Bernard

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May 6, 2023, 11:35:34 AM5/6/23
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This one? Looks like a 58 to me. 

Eliot B

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May 6, 2023, 2:44:24 PM5/6/23
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It’s this one. If it wasn’t an hour each way I’d go check it out myself. 

Josiah Anderson

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May 6, 2023, 2:57:13 PM5/6/23
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That Atlantis is being sold by Second Cycle, a shop that I used to work at and have a long connection with. I would be surprised if they're measuring incorrectly. I do see that they're listing the seat tube length center to center, whereas Rivendell lists their seat tube lengths center to top. Echoing others' questions, what seems wrong about it to you? Those measurements seem plausible to me.

Josiah Anderson 
Missoula, MT

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Eliot Balogh

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May 6, 2023, 3:08:54 PM5/6/23
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It was originally advertised as a 59cm with a link to the most recent mile long chainstay geometry.

Matt B.

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May 6, 2023, 4:17:59 PM5/6/23
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That's definitely a 58, going by the size of the wheels (700c).  They do say they measured 56cm center to center, whereas Rivendell uses center to top.
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