Takashi, Congratulations on getting your Hunq back on the road again. Thanks for sharing your story and the pics. What outstanding customer service from Riv, Blue Lug and Rew10works!
Best, Richard On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 12:00:18 PM UTC-5, Takashi wrote: > > SHORT version: > The rear dropout of my Hunqapillar was bent and became unrideable for a > while, but now it's repaired, and I am able to ride the bike again. Yay! > > LONG version: > So my hunqapillar frame was damaged when I was riding in dark and the rear > wheel caught a tree branch. The rear end was bent, and the bike was > unrideable. > I had the frame inspected by a frame builder, who said that it cannot be > bent back since the dropout is too much damaged, espacially threads of > derailleur hanger. > So I asked Brian at Rivendell if I can get a replacement dropout, and > Brian kindly sent me one. > I asked the above-mentioned builder to re-braze the dropout, but the > builder said it cannot be, for some technical reason. (The builder > explained the reason but I could not understand it very well.) > > Then I brought the frame to Blue Lug, a Riv dealer bike shop in Tokyo. > Blue Lug staff brought it to Rew10works, a frame builder near the shop. > The builder at Rew10works had a different opinion from the first builder, > and said that it would be better to try bending back the dropout first > (though it might not be as strong as new), rather than going through > re-brazing and re-painting. > Turned out that the replacement dropout was not necessary, but I will keep > it, just in case anything goes wrong. > > So the frame was restored with less time and money than I have expected, > and I had the bike rebuilt at Blue Lug. > I rode it on last Sunday, and the bike rode flawlessly both on paved and > bumpy roads. > > Big THANK YOU to great people at Blue Lug <http://bluelug.com>, Rew10works > <http://www.rew10.com>, and Rivendell! > > Pictures prove that Hunqapillar has awakened from a two-month dormancy: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/albums/72157660316343503/ > > > Takashi > > -- 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.
