I’m always adjusting or swapping stuff on a new bike until I get everything right where I want it. Sometimes it happens quickly, other times it takes a month, 2 months etc to get everything dialed in. I suppose it also depends on how much I’m riding and the particular use for the build on the bike.
Either way, your Atlantis looks amazing! On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 9:27:15 AM UTC-7 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: > [image: atlantis.jpg] > > So. Very. Excited. Opening the box and putting it together was one of the > biggest thrills of my life. Using Mark's little tricks in the videos (using > grease/wax on bolts, washers, etc...) was also dorkily fun. Moving parts > (bell, rack, mirror, reflectors, etc...) Had a little frustration with 5mm > bolts being to small for the rack mounts and 6mm bolts being too big...but > as I'm sure you all know, the paint in the threads was keeping the 6 from > going in easily. > > My biggest anxiety since placing the order was about the size of the bike. > I worried a little that there wouldn't be much of a difference in some > aspects of the geometry...my current bike is listed as having a 59cm seat > tube, so I figured my steatpost would be jacked up just as high and look > stupid. I also worried that maybe the 62cm Atlantis (which has been sold > out) would be a better fit. My PBH is just a hair over 93...not quite 93.5. > According to the sizing chart, I could ride a 59 or 62 with that PBH. > Standing over this bike, I am SO glad I got a 59. Vince said the Atlantis > rides a little bigger than it's size indicates, and he was right (of course > he was!). > > I am glad I did a full build with Rivendell and let them worry about > components. I guess I approved them, but don't know Deore from Altus. The > bike just plain hums with everything working together. The only components > I would have insisted on had Vince not included them in the first email > would have been the cork grips, inboard thumb shifters, and Monarch pedals. > I was a little down that the derailer he picked was black...I had always > envisioned all shiny metal components. Then when I saw the bike in person I > was just a little sad that the QR skewers were also black. But looking at > the bike, I love how the derailer, skewers, and trim of the fenders are all > black and kind of set off the shinier stuff. It makes sense...and I think > I'd choose this kind of color scheme if I had the choice. > > I really like the Choco bar. I have a fake Albatross on my old bike...love > the look of it and needed the rise on my too-small old bike (with a dirt > drop stem). Choco is perfect and has more hand positions. > > There are only two things that weren't perfect. > > The handlebars did not get taped. I emailed Vince a few days after I paid > and asked if it could be added and he got back to me a bit later and sent > me an invoice to pay for the tape. I'm not sending the bike back to get the > handle bar taped...and I'm too happy about the bike to really care about > the six bucks. I was mostly looking forward to having a Mark-twined > handlebar...but I did my own tape and twine on my old bike and it looks > great. No big deal. > > There is no foot on the Pletscher kick stand...but that might be normal. I > know when you buy a stand separately, the foot doesn't come along with it. > Maybe I should have mentioned the foot when I placed the order. This one is > likely on me. > > > So yeah! Couldn't be happier! Took a nice zippy ride yesterday evening > before fussing with the accessories to dial in some preferences and rode it > to work for the first time this morning. I've wanted a Riv FOREVER...a > college roommate had one...I've read everything I could get my eyes on > about the brand, reviews, the website, etc... I knew I'd like it, but I can > say without any hesitation now that I totally "get it" now. It's just a > bike, but wow....WHAT a bike. > > > > > On Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 12:36:01 PM UTC-5 Ben Mihovk wrote: > >> Doug, >> Yes, I've seen the pack job! I've watched the video of Mark assembling a >> Homer maybe fifteen times now (love the video and the music). >> >> Good advice on riding for a while before tinkering. I'll definitely go >> that way. >> >> Ben >> >> On Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 12:28:45 PM UTC-5 dougP wrote: >> >>> Ben: >>> >>> You've probably seen photos on this forum of the epic packing job that >>> Rivendell does. When I got my Atlantis, I was able to ride it within an >>> hour of delivery, and I think the saddle & the pedals were the only things >>> I had to install. Like you, I went with their suggestion on parts & some >>> of the originals are still on there. Ride it out of the box, then start >>> tinkering. I think it took me a couple of weeks to find something to fuss >>> with. >>> >>> dougP >>> >>> On Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 7:04:01 AM UTC-7, Ben Mihovk wrote: >>>> >>>> Got shipping notification for my Atlantis yesterday! I'm beyond >>>> excited. >>>> >>>> I'll post a pic when it gets here...I'd do a full list of components >>>> now, but honestly I went with what Vince picked out and my only input was >>>> that I didn't need a saddle, I wanted the front of the Choco bar taped up, >>>> and that I wanted inboard thumb shifters. >>>> >>>> Should be ready to pick up at UPS Customer Center on Tuesday after >>>> work. Cooler weather coming to Omaha should make for a lovely commute next >>>> Wednesday morning! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 8:58:59 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Either that or it shows that I'm dyslexic. I think I am a bit >>>>> dyslexic: do very well with words and concepts, but visual images and >>>>> arrangements confuse me. >>>>> >>>>> Patrick "which left, the right left or the left left?" Moore, who had >>>>> to transcribe Descarte's *Geometry* and Newton's *Principia* into >>>>> words before he could assimilate algebra and calculus. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:51 PM Jason Fuller <jtf.f...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Patrick, just the fact you had to correct the typo of which Dura Ace >>>>>> RD you were referring to, lest you suffer the embarrassment of >>>>>> referencing >>>>>> a non-existent variant, illustrates your point very well I think. :D >>>>>> :D >>>>>> ;) ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 6:37 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> "7401" and not "7410." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:34 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ...The 7410 shifts to the 42/25 *sometimes* and seems to work if >>>>>>>> you don't screw down the B screw. But on the 7401 there *is* no B >>>>>>>> screw. So I filed the stop on the Paragon hanger, and tomorrow will >>>>>>>> consider grinding off a wee bit of the integrated, non-adjustable "B >>>>>>>> stop" >>>>>>>> tab. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>>> the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/ld4AGb4wsAM/unsubscribe >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsZk-%2B3j3ynWc0w50HQHCjvLrLoOS4RAtAwYhQOcj9Q5w%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsZk-%2B3j3ynWc0w50HQHCjvLrLoOS4RAtAwYhQOcj9Q5w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGBpHnfDD1UbXgrxWbXrego%3DOvekUW2rMOit7bp%3DdUQTKpiGCQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGBpHnfDD1UbXgrxWbXrego%3DOvekUW2rMOit7bp%3DdUQTKpiGCQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6bca1842-65a6-4f21-b25d-a362236d484an%40googlegroups.com.
