Oh I definitely meant 'cheap' in the pure sense of cost only. Very cheap when you compare the Altus derailleur with my previous bike's SRAM Shadow clutch derailleur. Did the SRAM change gears any better? *Nope.* Did it costs like 8 x the price? *Yep. *
I'm kinda pissed that the general bike industry has drip fed me information around which components I needed as a 'serious cyclist'. I think the whole Shimano/SRAM hierarchy of components is almost total garbage. Categorize components in terms of weight or use-case, not some imaginary metric of 'betterness'. *"Oh no don't get the Altus, the Claris is much better. But not as good as Tiagra. What you really need is 105". * I feel free in so may ways now. I wish I could thank Grant directly but I have no idea how to get in contact with him. On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 11:18:55 AM UTC+11, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > I'm not sure it's fair to characterize all the components as "cheap" which > often implies poor quality as much as it does low price. If it came with > the stock Silver crank, for instance, those sell for $220. Not outrageous > by today's bloated measures, but not cheap. And a fine crank. The bars are > Boscos--70 to 95 dollars; my first gen came with Bosco bullmoose, the > stand-alone version of which sells for $160. The only thing I thought was a > bit "cheap" were the somewhat maligned shifter things on the first gen--I > believe they fixed that. Alex makes fine rims, Kenda makes fine, if not > cognescenti-worthy, tires. The other bits and bobs are inexpensive, > practical, good quality, will last just fine. Enjoy your handsome, > practical, fun, prudently-spec'd new bicycle! > > > On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 5:32:20 PM UTC-5, OwenS wrote: >> >> Well I've officially joined the club after purchasing Danny's (RDS member >> here) Clem Smith H. He was kind enough to get it shipped to me here in >> Australia. I don't think are too many of the over here. >> >> Went for my first real ride with it today on my commute to work. All I >> can say is. *Wow*. I'm a believer now, Grant. >> I honestly don't know what it is about this bike. So much of it doesn't >> make sense. On paper it's heavy. The components are quite cheap as well. >> And yet it all comes together in what is plain a simple, an incredible >> riding experience. It's comfortable, its fast, its fun. I couldn't be >> happier. And it's also the first bike I've owned where I actually want to >> modify it. To tinker and enhance different aspects and make it truly mine. >> They really are special bikes. >> Here it is posed gracefully in front of a trashcan and some milk crates. >> >> [image: Screen Shot 2019-02-21 at 11.59.05 pm copy.jpg] >> >> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
