I think the polishing on the rims is AFTER the anodizing, to clean up the braking surface, overall that doesn't sound unreasonable for the extra charge, it's the base rim charge which seems sorta steep, but I guess they can get it. Rim brake rims are getting harder to come by especially in 650B, tubeless 650B rim brake rims are even harder to find, especially in wider widths. All in a Good Rim brake rim is gonna be 100 bucks a piece these days; by contrast I've gotten Carbon Fiber Disc Brake rims for that or very close to it. As time goes by these Retro builds are getting harder and more expensive to pull off. I've got a box with 20 threadless stems in it, but only 2 or 3 quill stems.
Yes Leah, I prefer a rear rack too, but as hard as it is to pop my wheel over an obstacle it's a lot easier on the cargo. With a rear rack every time you hit the smallest bump the contents on the back go flying I've lost so many things that way.even with the bag zipped closed things will find their way out of the smallest opening. I rode a rear rack for 20 years on the back of my XO-1; when I sold it to the new owner he expressed his desire to take it off and though he finally did, he confessed it was just about perfect on that bike. But a Portuer rack on the front IS rather *nice* and possibly a bit more versatile. Great for basket mounting and a nice wide platform for carrying stuff. The main draw back is getting over the aforementioned obstacles and front wheel flop, but Hey nothing is perfect! I have the Rawland Demi-porter on my Rawland. (nice huh?) and a SOMA on my VO Polyvalent and they are both great. now, many people they basically use the rear rack as sort of a Seat bag support; OK understandable, especially if you put heavy stuff in there, but, you could easily go with a different style of rack entirely, especially if you are just putting light stuff in there. I think it's the Nitto R-10(?) that has adjustable side struts that I've seen people run to different (higher) mounts on the frame back, which is a good compromise. I've been riding anodized components for almost 40 years and true they *can fade & do fade*, but it's mostly a problem for bikes left outdoors in the sun & rain. Wouldn't last long locked to a pole in NYC, but then your bike wouldn't be there long enough to worry about it. If you are worried about it, I would suggest compensating, by going with a darker color. I have a bunch of HOT Pink Nipples (get your mind out of the gutter! (*for spokes*)) and I am sure with time they will fade to a nice rosey pink color! On a bike that's always stored indoors in a fairly temperature controlled environment it shouldn't be an issue really. > -- 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/f9946258-8ff8-4a4c-910b-11a5a80793edn%40googlegroups.com.
