Actually, it's not all that difficult. The frame in the pic I posted had 126mm rear dropout spacing and I wanted 120mm so I could use an existing hub I had. So I followed Sheldon's instructions at http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html and everything worked perfectly. The only reason I took it to an LBS is to have them check to make sure the rear drop-out's remained parallel during my respacing process by using these tools http://www.parktool.com/product/frame-and-fork-end-alignment-gauge-set-FFG-2 , way too expensive for me to buy for a one-time project like this, but the LBS only charged me $20 to do it. The fork was beyond rescue so I bought one of those general purpose ones from a web retailer and took it from there (Riv has a couple of great ones for sale if you need a new one and want to pop the bucks for one of theirs).
On Sunday, September 6, 2015 at 8:07:50 PM UTC-5, drew wrote: > > ok. you guys have peaked my interest in going in a non-repaint way. > George, that bike looks incredible. so what is the deal with a > realignment? i thought a frame builder had to do that, but then again ive > never outright asked a bike shop. are there many around that are capable of > doing that kind of work? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
