I was real close to getting an Atlantis but settled on a Mercian instead. I think the Atlantis and the Rivendell are fine bike, but their not the last word in bikes. I got a lot more custom features on my Mercian that the Atlantis couldn't even touch, and I paid about $300 more for the Mercian. Another great manufacture of custom bikes is Shamrock in Indianapolis IN, their cheaper then a custom Rivendell and will do any custom feature you want, and their strongly recommended by Richard Sachs...Rivendell is not recommended by Sachs, I thought that was interesting though it may not mean anything. If Shamrock had been in business when I bought the Mercian I may have bought the Shamrock, but there is something unique about knowing the Mercian was built in the oldest school way still in existence today, they use a hearth to heat the frames and prepare them for brazing.