Bridgestone Atlantis
More photos of
this
bike
before clean-up and reconditioning work.
All photos this page and
the
next are courtesy of John
Speare who found and sold the bike to me.
Thanks,
John!
According to an article in the Rivendell Reader No. 35, there were only 300 of these bikes made, and they were made for Bridgestone's home market in Japan. They were designed in the image of the classic cyclo-touring bikes of Alex Singer. Hiroo Watanabe designed the Atlantis in the early 1980s.
The Atlantis was the Japanese home market bike that Grant Petersen referenced as the source for the original XO-1 fork crown in Bridgestone's 1992 catalog. A pdf of that catalog is available through Sheldon Brown's Web site.
Some Bridgestones,
including two Atlantises (I believe), out on a ramble. An essay about Bridgestone
bikes and Grant Petersen. Description
of a Bridgestone Atlantis by an original owner in Japan. Converted to 1982 dollars and adjusted for inflation, the 1982
Bridgestone
would cost $830 in 2005 currency. Glad my used one clicked in less than
that!
If anyone knows more about Bridestone Atlantis bikes, please let me
know by sending me an email
Source: Akuta,
http://www3.ezbbs.net/24/2004vacation/img/1105450341_1.jpg. I love the
look of those handlebar bags and the brilliant paint.
He says he
bought a Bordeaux Red Atlantis at a price of 108,000 yen in June 1982 and,
in September, after the red one was wrecked, ordered another in
Metallic Green.
That one went missing at his LBS, unfortunately. He describes the Atlantis
as
randonneur in type.
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