I don't like the Ergon, too heavy not very shock absorbent, the one on my Birdy are MTB silicon ESIgrips Extra Chunky (there are much cheaper MTB grips but they don't absorb shock and vibration as well as the ESI).

Thanks. Why did you decide to put two seat clamps?

Because its needed to strongly tighten the original seatpost clamp to avoid to have the seatpost slowly sliding down.

With this Ridea clamp, one clamp is around the seatpost, the second around the frame seatpost tube (like the original) and they do not need to be strongly tightened.

just realised that the second clamp is on the seat post itself. I’ll install this seat clamp too then. My original one also needs to be very strongly tightened so the Ridea one is a good choice.

LitePro also makes similar double clamps and costs $38 while Ridea one $97. I wander what’s the difference?

No idea, the Litepro one is recent, didn't exist when I bought the Ridea one (its very usual for Litepro to copy components developed by other companies, its the same for the Brompton front block adapter).

Does this whole have a purpose? I assume something is supposed to be mounted there.

As far as I know, its never used, it only mirror the similarly placed hole on the other side used for the rear triangle locking.

And it’s done. Hub, 11-36 cassette and new rotors. All Shimano. New Big Apples too.

Along with user manual folio I also received a bunch if black square stickers. Any idea what are those for?

Ha... That's the ticket. Those Dealers are never wrong...

I have yet to see a Birdy in the wild but when I do I hope to be all over it.

All in all this looks like a fantastic bike. I have been following the reviews on Birdies and they all looks good... fun, Fun, FUN...

👍👍👍 great choice of rotor and cassette! The chain is running well and doesn’t hit anything on the 36T right?

jackyharuhiko Chain is Shimano XTR-10. I’ll take my bike back in a week as I’ll return from vacation. Photos were made by my bike mechanic, but rest assured they will check drive train in and out multiple times + do a test ride. He also confirmed nothing rubbs at 36t. I will check it myself in a week and will post my thoughts here.

I have a 11s 9-34t cassette and there is some space left above the chain, so only 2t more to go to 36t will certainly work without rubbing.

That's good to hear. 36T surely helps going uphill.

Congrats bro.

Thanks, both of you. Jipe did almost exactly what I was thinking. But there are advantages to both solutions.

The dealer I bought my Birdy from in Italy has one R&M touring Birdy left, it’s white color and he is ready to confirm same price for it as EUR 2100 (€-325 if you will buy taxfree). I’ll be happy to share their contact if anyone’s interested.

Will I need to extend brake/shifter cables if I’ll decide to go with 6cm extension? Also any reviews on this Ridea model? Actually it allows 6-8cm extension but 6cm should be fine with me. Also any other alternatives I should look at? Thanks

Finding a sport 21 degree stem to replace the comfort 10 degree.

not my purpose, I’m thinking to extend up.

Ok, I’m just back from the mechanic. Gears 1-3 36t and next two gears) are slightly rubbing the rear fork faceplate. Tried removing the spacer from crankset to move chain-line slightly towards the center, also tried adding spacer to the right end (cassette side) of the rear hub but still 1 or 3 would still rub the fork. Any idea how to solve it? Chainring is stock. Chain is Shimano XTR-10, rear cassette Shimano 11-36.

Mechanic will try tomorrow installing 11-34 cassette and if still the same issue 11-32 which will be stock on the low gear side.

I don't understand exactly which cogs are the problem.

Do you mean cogs 1, 3 and 10 = 11t, 15t and 36t ?

Do you have the XT cassette CS-M771 10s 11-13-15-17-19-21-24-28-32-36 ?

I have no experience with 10s on Shimano HG hub (the only HG hub I had was the original wheel of my Ti Birdy with a 11-28 cassette but the Ti Birdy frame is different from the Birdy II aluminum frame).

What I wrote about cassettes on the Birdy Touring is with a XDR hub and 11 speed cassettes.

No, the problem is with 36t and next two. Yes, it’s CS-M771 10s cassette and the problem is with 36, 32 and 28. 36 and 28 rubbing more with 32 rubbing less. I wander what the purpose of crankset spacer on the drive side? Removing it shifting chain line inwards improved rubbing a bit but dis not eliminate it.

did you have stick chainring? I’ve installed 11-36 Shimano cassette and 36-32 are rubbing against the rear fork.