Originally Posted by roseskunk

So after a couple of years with my Surly LHT- a fine bike btw, I finally bought myself an Atlantis. Been wanting one forever, and one of my good friends had one in a box, never built up. It was a good price... Help me build it up.

The easy and least expensive solution is to strip the Surly: Sugino crank, Paul brakes, Shimano pieces, moustache bars, nitto racks, honjo's, etc. then I'd sell the Surly frame to offset the Atlantis. But, hell, that's not nearly as much fun as building it up from scratch. So I'm looking for suggestions... I'm plenty partial to vintage and could go vintage campy drivetrain but I do have NR on two of my bikes now... but what about everything else? I want to set it up as a light tourer... should I get Phil hubs or a dynamo? I love the idea of a dynamo, but which? Pretend for a moment that money is no object- though it is... most likely I'll put nitto racks front and rear, honjo fenders, maybe I should have Peter White build a set of wheels for me... anyway, I'm open to any and all suggestions! Help! (What a terrific problem to have!)