Originally Posted by edelay

Hi folks.

Though I would post a before and after of the conversion of my Curve from having silver components to having black ones. The black look is more in line with the current Curve models. The look is a lot cleaner that the sliver components.

Upgrades done
- Brooks B17 Special saddle
- Ergon GC1 Grips
- Dahon Jetstream handlepost
- Litepro Monster handlebars
- Litepro seatpost
- Litepro seatpost clamp
- Litepro Crankset (47 teeth)
- MEC Citylight pedals
- rear rim (black, though sidewall has worn to silver)
- replaced mixed white and black cables with all black

I put the black Jetstream handlepost on the bike about 6 months ago to get a more aggressive riding position and because the original had a creak and some flex in it. It irked me at the time that I could only find this in black, so this got me thinking about changing the rest of the components. I've had a creak in my bike for a few weeks that I was having trouble diagnosing. I replaced the bottom bracket in an attempt to deal with that. Since I had the cranks off, I thought I would see if the LitePro cranks/chainring from my Crius would work. It worked and it go my top gear inches to over 100. So at this point, I decided to move the rest of the black components over from the Crius.

I guess I could go even further by moving the brake levers and the vbrakes over too. If the Sturmey Archer X-RF8(w) were to die, I would replace it with a black version of that or a black 5 speed model. In the summer, got the front rim and hub in silver... kicking myself for not getting them in black.

I'll order some new black components for the Crius and then will recycle the old silver components.