Max, How fun! Building your own bike is a joy and source of pride. It will serve you into the future as you understand, work on, and repair your bike.
Buy a stand if you want. But you can get by just fine with two hooks in the ceiling and cords at the saddle back and stem. No doubt a stand is better, but it can wait. This reminds me of building up my first racing frame back in 1977. Installing the freewheel (cursed things, thanks be for cassettes) on my Campy Record hub, I cross threaded it! I drove into nearby Denver to have a pro mechanic repair the hub. I remember the elderly European shop owner shaking his head and telling me I didn't deserve to ride such nice equipment. :-} The hub lasted through 15 years of hard riding, holding the freewheel with just a few threads. I tried to earn the right to ride Campy components. So you may make mistakes but you and the bike will survive. A paint chip or two will be badges of mechanical courage and will allow you to ride it out in the real world with less trepidation. Let a shop install the headset and bottom bracket. Have fun! Joe in GJT -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
