Upgrade!
451 Wheels
Raleigh MV9 sp Redone with 451 wheels by
jenkwang, on Flickr
My thrashing of the bike rain or shine as the commute+poor weather bike wore down the cheap China wheels and FSA BB bearings.
I've never had issues with rusted BB on any of my bikes before, so no more FSA for me.
Since I like this bike so much and picked up more ideas on what I want on a mini velo, I decided to upgrade it.
The cheapo brake hoods (from Taobao) had the rubberized parts fall apart within months of use, so I opted for nicer Tektro RL520 levers.
These are catered for V-brake pull ratios.
Crank and BB was taken out and replaced with a Ultegra R6700 and BB.
I left the small chainring on the bike in case I wanted to 'hand shift'.
My use locally has never needed the smaller chainring, so I decided not to stack on more costs with a FD (for now)
Resprayed some spots that had the paint chipped off.
Finally, the biggest change was to a nice pair of Tyrell AM9 451 wheels.
Yes, the stock bike is 406, so this was the area that needed some dice rolling and work to get it working.
I'd go to the details in another post.