The box contained a Tubus Logo EVO rear rack, a B&M Luxos U headlight, a B&M Toplight Plus tail light, a set of Curana C-Lite fenders, a pair of Shimano skewers and a few miscellaneous non-component items like hub oil and a brake bleed kit.
The rack went on fairly easily ... four bolts, four washers and a couple of pieces to secure the front rods. Those rods, which attach to the seatstays, were too long so I had to attack with a hacksaw. Tubus provided two little rubbery plastic caps to clean up the cut ends.
The tail light also got installed last night. The light has two integrated threaded posts that fit through the mount holes in the rack. The light comes in both 50mm and 80 mm mount widths, Wanting to order the right one, I had to research what the rack would accommodate, which I found in the .pdf manual on the Tubus website (50mm). Two nuts and washers completed the install, though a wire still needs to be routed to the headlight.
A trip to the hardware store yielded a 1/2 inch hose clamp (pictured), M5 bolt and lock nut to mount the horn.
Call me weird, but I really like this horn and its loud enough for me to be a bike path bully.
Even the skewers took some scrutiny during the planning period, as Rohloff advised warned against using cheap or light weight skewers, including titanium. The Speed Hub creates considerable torque on the hub, so they mandated quality steel skewers. I liked the internal cam style and Shimano, like so many of their products, offered the right quality-to-price ratio ... and no Las Vegas strip marquee-style branding. They'll go in a bin with the tires, tubes and rotors, awaiting the wheels.
Um, I also flipped the stem over after noticing it upside down in a previous post. Oops.
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