My Quickbeam is pretty dialed. Enough that I’ve given away or sold spare wheelsets or built other bikes around them.
The bell is pretty terrible, though. It’s a Sogreni fancy-pants unit I got from a Riv garage sale for $5. Apparently someone there also found it hard to ring and dull sounding! When I ride I imagine ways I can hack it so it doesn’t suck, but I probably just need to replace it with a good bell that’s easy and satisfying to ring. It’s my only Riv, and I’ve had it for 20 years, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that there’s not much left to tweak. Philip Santa Rosa, CA On Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 12:52:11 PM UTC-7 Jay wrote: > When building up a bike sometimes you make do with what you have on hand > already, or is readily available, or affordable. Though in the back of > your mind you've already identified a replacement. > > I'm curious as to what parts on your current builds have you slotted for > eventual replacement at some time in the future? What will you be > replacing it with? Any dream parts in there, or just more functional or > comfortable choices? > > On my Roadini I'm really happy with the touch-points: saddle and seat > post, bars and tape, pedals; one of my wheel sets (with the 43mm tires); > the cages; brake levers, callipers, and DT shifters. The chain and cassette > are fine--and I want to stick with 11sp--but the crank and derailleurs are > on my list of upgrades/swaps (partially for aesthetics...would like silver, > partially for function as I would like a bit more great range on the low > end). I would also like to replace the second wheel set that I use with > 30mm tires for road-only rides (to something lighter/faster). I would also > change the housing (aesthetics, maybe green or grey), and the saddle bag. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fdcd2660-c0db-4e28-be58-3a6f13c1d574n%40googlegroups.com.
