Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
The large MB-2 frame is a road bike fit for me and I feel very tall in the saddle.
I feel very "tall in the saddle" on my drop bar'd High Sierra compared to any of my "road" or "touring" bikes.
I think my 1987 High Sierra is cool as all get out. It was my first bike since I was an adult and I've owned it for in excess of 20 years. I did a drop bar conversion last year or the year before. As much as I want to love that bike- there's something about that fit that just doesn't work like my "purpose driven" drop bar bikes. But it is WAY cool and has a whole bunch of really cool traits- the dual braze on eyelets, the mid fork rack mounts, the roller cam brakes, the lugged unicrown fork, the fillet brazed head tube, dual bottle mounts, crazy long chainstays and Black Chrome on top of it all.
Fillet Brazed headtube:
Roller Cam brakes:
While it's not exactly a Rivendell Atlantis- the 1985 Trek 620 is a purpose built touring bike. It does look and feel more elegant, and it does seem to be more comfortable- especially over distances.
Chainstay lengths are about similar...
Personally, I would not trade the 620 for the High Sierra. Even if the values were similar- IMO, the 620 is a better "touring" and "all around" bike.