I'm not sure it's fair to characterize all the components as "cheap" which often implies poor quality as much as it does low price. If it came with the stock Silver crank, for instance, those sell for $220. Not outrageous by today's bloated measures, but not cheap. And a fine crank. The bars are Boscos--70 to 95 dollars; my first gen came with Bosco bullmoose, the stand-alone version of which sells for $160. The only thing I thought was a bit "cheap" were the somewhat maligned shifter things on the first gen--I believe they fixed that. Alex makes fine rims, Kenda makes fine, if not cognescenti-worthy, tires. The other bits and bobs are inexpensive, practical, good quality, will last just fine. Enjoy your handsome, practical, fun, prudently-spec'd new bicycle!
On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 5:32:20 PM UTC-5, OwenS wrote: > > Well I've officially joined the club after purchasing Danny's (RDS member > here) Clem Smith H. He was kind enough to get it shipped to me here in > Australia. I don't think are too many of the over here. > > Went for my first real ride with it today on my commute to work. All I can > say is. *Wow*. I'm a believer now, Grant. > I honestly don't know what it is about this bike. So much of it doesn't > make sense. On paper it's heavy. The components are quite cheap as well. > And yet it all comes together in what is plain a simple, an incredible > riding experience. It's comfortable, its fast, its fun. I couldn't be > happier. And it's also the first bike I've owned where I actually want to > modify it. To tinker and enhance different aspects and make it truly mine. > They really are special bikes. > Here it is posed gracefully in front of a trashcan and some milk crates. > > [image: Screen Shot 2019-02-21 at 11.59.05 pm copy.jpg] > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
