Re: [RBW] New Atlantis! - First Riv

[Bill Lindsay]

Brynnar asked what the strap is for.  

It's a "john's irish strap" around the front rack and the bars, supporting 
the rack as a safety measure.

Rivendell recommends a bit of redundancy on the very remote chance that the 
center strut of your three-point-attached front rack fails.  If the center 
strut fails, you are virtually guaranteed to over the bars.  It's an 
extraordinarily rare and unlikely thing, but it has happened before, and so 
Rivendell likes to be cautious.  If the center strut fails, the rack will 
wobble about some, and the strap will catch it, and you'll have an 
opportunity to fix the situation without going over the bars. Better safe 
than sorry.

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 12:49:30 PM UTC-7, ctifusion wrote:
>
> Great build! What's the strap for? I haven't seen that before.
>
> Brynnar 
> Indy
>

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Re: [RBW] New Atlantis! - First Riv

[ctifusion]

Great build! What's the strap for? I haven't seen that before.

Brynnar 
Indy

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Re: [RBW] New Atlantis! - First Riv

[James Warren]

Beautiful. Congrats! I love the handlebar too! And great work with the safety 
strap from front mini-rack to handlebar. That’s an important thing

-Jim W.


> On Jun 10, 2018, at 10:01 AM, Brian Reeves  wrote:
> 
> I've been lurking for quite some time here and have wanted an Atlantis for a 
> while too.  Back in April, I put out a wtb post looking for an Atlantis.  I 
> had quite a few forum members kindly reply back to me.  But after a call to 
> Riv and talking to Grant (whom generously gave me quite a bit of his time 
> when I called in),  I decided to order a new Atlantis (56 - 650b) from Riv 
> and have them build it up for me.  Everyone I spoke to over the phone (Grant, 
> Roman and Corey just to name a few) were very nice...they all seem like great 
> folks and I have had nothing but positive experiences with them.  My Atlantis 
> came well packed and expertly assembled.  I finished unboxing/what assembly 
> was left yesterday and did my first ride yesterday and another today.  The 
> bike feels fantastic...to me it feels nimble and fast yet stable and 
> responsive when needed, and the wide 650b tires makes the pot-hole streets 
> and gravel roads around here feel soo smooth it's almost unreal.
> 
> I've included some photos from yesterday and today.  I **currently** live in 
> Hamilton, a small town in central Texas with a population of under 3000 
> peoplebut will be undergoing a pretty fast move this month to Alexandria 
> in central Louisiana which is pretty exciting but just a lot to take care of 
> in under a month if all the stars alignespecially with working toward 
> finding housing by July 1st. 
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