Bike builders love to focus on bars, tires, gearing and paint or powder-coating—things that make a bike unique. But what about the smallest details you can imagine? Are they worth the effort?
If you’ve read this blog for the past while, you’ve likely seen “Nik’s Sick Haro Klunkerson.” Nik was our first Reader’s Rides submission and we’ve emailed back and forth a bit.
But I kinda fell off, and I’m really, really late posting one of his updates. So here goes.
A few months ago, Nik emailed me to show some tiny details he’d added to his Haro. We’re talking near-microscopic level stuff here. In his words, he tells us how it came to life:
While out riding, ago I got caught in the rain. I washed the bike off when I got home, towel dried and placed it in front of a box fan to assist drying. Checking out the bike later in the week, I noticed the dreaded surface rust had made its presence felt on the inside of some of the caliper bolts! I immediately jumped on the web and ordered the appropriate size caliper allen bolts in stainless steel.
While I had it in mind, I also ordered some blue Ti rotor bolts. It really makes the wheels “pop” a bit now! While I was into the brake calipers, I replaced the cable ends with a pair of blue ones for a nice finishing touch (or as my wife says, I’m a nut that can’t leave anything alone)! 
That’s right—to further modify his bike, he added tiny cobalt blue rotor bolts and even matching cable ends!
When does it stop? (Kidding.)
Check out the pics he sent below—and then let me know… are such little additions worth it?
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