You're not grip-sniffing alone on this one, Sam - I was just ruminating on the very same topic this a.m. as I rode the train and stared vacantly at the headset of my Legolas!
First, the RBW / Crane headset/spacer mount bell is a great item. It's not just another spacer with a thread added, but is machined (CNC'd?) from a larger solid piece. Meaning the base for the bell is better positioned and much less likely to strip out (as I've experienced w/ other's products). The Crane however is designed to work with either 1" (using an included shim) or 9/8" headsets. "Standard" Riv usage is as a 1" threaded steerer spacer, which presumes you have a tall-enough steerer (as all good Rivs should!). The Legolas is one of the exceptions available as 1" threadless, but it's the same situation- the oversize bell mount requires a shim. It looks a little wonky though, to stack 1" spacers above/below this larger alloy chunk (lovely chunk it is). My eye-easing remedy had been (reading from top-to-bottom), 1) 9/8" threadless cap, 2) a single thin 1" spacer, 3) Nitto TFL stem (9/8", and is on a reducer shim), 4) Crane bell mount (also on a shim, and its oversize-ness matches the 9/8" Nitto stem nicely), 5) 1" headset hanger (for cantilevers), 6) triple-1" spacers a la the Rivendell shot-glass, 7) 1" threadless headset top race. Problem is I've recently switched to a different hanger for my canti setup, rendering unnecessary the headset-hanger "separator" parked between the fat Crane and thinner shot-glass. I may try to find some thin 9/8" spacers and do a similar shotglass-over-a-shim, but I'll bet that will look wonky with the 1" top race. :-/ The Ideal Solution (maybe GP can turn some screws on Crane!?) would be for a similar style mount, but exclusively for 1"! =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 7/19/14, lungimsam <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like the outer spacer mount diameter bulges out wider than the > regular spacer diameters on 1" steerers, like the pic on the rivsite ( > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/bellhed.htm) > > So I was wondering, does it stick out on yours, or is it just that way in > that pic they have on the site? > > One of my favorite features of Riv bikes are the "shot-glasses" - the > pretty stack of headset spacers. I don't want to ruin the line. > > Maybe I am just cork grip sniffing about this, but it's one of the things I > > find beautiful on these bikes. > > So just want to know how it really is so I can stop mulling and either get > one, or wait until they start selling one with a uniform outer diameter for > > 1" spacers. > > Didn't they have one with an aluminum (silver colored) bell on it once? > That would be a nice match for all the silver color on these bikes. > > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
