I purchased my S30 in November of 2016. Since purchase I have rode close to 4000 miles on the bike, and now have it dialed in to my satisfaction. I wanted to share some of the changes I have made. I have changed the handlebars, the seat cover, the water bottle location, and the headrest.
The stock handlebars caused the brake levers to be angled outboard. My feeling was I was a fraction of a second slower in reaching for the brake levers, maybe enough of a delay to cause a problem. I replaced the handlebars with a set of Dedo's which aligned the brake levers, cost about $30.
I felt the foam in the stock seat was too firm. I replaced the stock two piece seat with softer foam one piece with a nylon cover. I made the cover from some black rip stop nylon material I had so cost was low, about $8 counting purchasing hook and loop for attachment and closure.
The water bottle location under the steering tube was problematic for me. The closest I came to dumping the bike happened when trying to replace the water bottle in the cage. My solution was to rotate the steering tube, placing the water bottle cage on top. This is easy to do but does require cutting a relief notch in the clamp end of the steering tube.
Like others I had problems adjusting the stock headrest. My solution was to make a round “pillow” and attach it to the headrest tubing using sticky back hook and loop. The pillow was made using a short length of swimming pool noodle wrapped in one inch foam and covered in black rip stop nylon. The cover was simple to sew. My cost was about $5. I note the scissor clamps hold the backrest well, but they require extra care to make sure they are in the clamping position.
The stock handlebars caused the brake levers to be angled outboard. My feeling was I was a fraction of a second slower in reaching for the brake levers, maybe enough of a delay to cause a problem. I replaced the handlebars with a set of Dedo's which aligned the brake levers, cost about $30.
I felt the foam in the stock seat was too firm. I replaced the stock two piece seat with softer foam one piece with a nylon cover. I made the cover from some black rip stop nylon material I had so cost was low, about $8 counting purchasing hook and loop for attachment and closure.
The water bottle location under the steering tube was problematic for me. The closest I came to dumping the bike happened when trying to replace the water bottle in the cage. My solution was to rotate the steering tube, placing the water bottle cage on top. This is easy to do but does require cutting a relief notch in the clamp end of the steering tube.
Like others I had problems adjusting the stock headrest. My solution was to make a round “pillow” and attach it to the headrest tubing using sticky back hook and loop. The pillow was made using a short length of swimming pool noodle wrapped in one inch foam and covered in black rip stop nylon. The cover was simple to sew. My cost was about $5. I note the scissor clamps hold the backrest well, but they require extra care to make sure they are in the clamping position.
