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Istanbul_Tea
05-21-04, 11:50 AM
I've been documenting the process of putting together my new cycle...

GO HERE (http://atlantis2004.crazyguyonabike.com/)

Enjoy, hopefully. :o :)

Stubacca
05-21-04, 01:34 PM
Great reading!

I'm close to launching my own build on a new bike... the hiring of a tech to teach you some of the more complex drivetrain bits and pieces is a great idea.

I love the atlantis too... can't afford that frame right now, but could easily end up with a Rivendell in my future :)
drcrash
05-21-04, 07:39 PM
Nice bike. What happened to the T2000? I owned one of those and traded up to an Atlantis as well.

Stillrockin
05-21-04, 07:49 PM
Tea, great reading! thankyou, but PLEASE hurry and finish her! And then put fresh batteries in the camera and take lots of pictures. As someone who just bought a new bike, and new gear to go with it, I could relate to so much! And the BG Rack and Arkels made me a little jealous! Thanks much for documenting this experience. I was about to feel sick when you started to mount the RD! Glad to hear it all worked out!
Istanbul_Tea
05-23-04, 04:02 AM
Thanks for readin' folks. It's an education for sure doing it this way on my own for the most part. Hopefully the lessons stick and I get better with time & experience.

drcrash, the T2000 was a bust. Our friend gave it back after she was going to relocate. I tried enjoying it for my own use but it was too small. I stripped it down to the frameset, kept most of the kit for the Atlantis build and Ebayed-Off everything else including the frameset.
drcrash
05-23-04, 09:06 AM
I_Tea, that was my main complaint about the C'dale as well: its size. Nothing wrong with the bike besides being too small. The Atlantis that replaced it, however, is another story. It's very comfortable (and being pretty doesn't hurt either). I got positively squeamish when I read about cross threading the rear derailler. Glad to hear it was correctable. Now all that's left is to have fun with it.