Thanks for everyone's thoughts on this. I still am not sure what I'll do. Functionally, nothing wrong with the headset. To my eye the headsets that come stock on other Riv frames just seem a little slicker, dare I say 'higher' end. I understand the philosophy of the Clem and the decision for the sorta of (but not really) rinko headset. David
On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 10:40:27 AM UTC-5, David B wrote: > > Maybe I'm just getting into bike projects that aren't necessary > whatsoever, but I'm interested in swapping up a couple things on my bikes. > I've never replaced a headset before, but I'm contemplating upgrading the > rinko-style cups that my Clem and wife's Clementine came with for something > swankier. > > Questions: > Is this crazy? The current headsets function fine, purely cosmetic. > Is this worth it to me to buy the proper tools? I likely won't have a need > to change headset aside from these two bikes. Some sort of diy tools? > Or should I just let my LBS take care of this? > > The main reason I'm thinking about this is I added a Silver2 shifter/mount > as a headset spacer (works great) and the wider headset cup looks out of > place now that everything's a bit cluttered. > Photo here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-99voyFx5D/ > > Thoughts/ideas/suggestions welcome! > David > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bb3209b2-fb6a-4850-8f8b-84d975d44a12%40googlegroups.com.
