Personally I like the polished components from Paul and WI and the satiny finish on Nitto and I opted for the silver(polished) Paul racers and WI hubs on my 2016 mixte(metallic burgundy). My personal opinion is that silver doesn't detract from the elegance of a Riv frame which is the star of the show. OTOH, Leah's anodized builds are so fun. Some dark gold anodized parts would be nice with that bronze-green, I bet.
After prolonged use; you are going to RIDE the bike after all, the components and the paint job are going to show beausage whether they're anodized or polished. @Michael...what did Riv HQ say that made you reconsider? On Monday, August 12, 2024 at 11:05:01 PM UTC-5 Nick Payne wrote: > Anodised will look a bit better a few years down the road than polished. > > On the Mason that I most recently built up, I had no choice of colour for > a lot of the components I was using - e.g. C-F rims are black, SRAM AXS > shifters/derailleurs are black, the Shimano XT M737 cranks I had are silver > anodised, as was the Ritchey seatpost, but I decided on a bit of colour > co-ordination to go with the Orange BxB saddlebag I already had and would > be using, so I fitted orange Hope disc calipers and used orange handlebar > tape. > > Nick Payne > -- 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/51b8ff5a-8f8e-40f1-ab82-9e9a042bd499n%40googlegroups.com.
