Originally Posted by Krink
The Atlantis is a great bike for touring, though I never figured out why the front fork doesn't have screwholes to mount the front rack. Rivendell had an entertaining but somewhat nonsensical explanation for this (lack of) feature that I've forgotten. It's too bad because Surly's very Nice front rack looks very adaptable.
My Riv, too, came without braze-ons for the front rack. Grant's rationale for this was that the location of the braze-ons would vary depending on what kind of rack I got. At any rate, the hardware that came with my Nitto front rack holds therack very securely, so when I sent the frame in for a repaint I didn't bother asking for front rack braze-ons. I did, however, add a chain peg on the seat stay, as well as fender bosses on the chain stay and seat stay bridges. Those items should have been on the original frame, IMO.
And yes, I have had a blast touring and commuting on the bike.
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