I’ll play this game. None of those boxes are shaped like a square taper bottom bracket box.
Good luck! Reach out for help as needed. It’s much less intimidating than it looks. Park tools has some excellent videos. Make sure you have some good grease and cable cutters. Also feel free to watch the meditative Bob Ross (Eric Marth) of bike building on YouTube for inspiration. I’ve been meaning to ask him if the babbling brook is fake but I don’t want to know the answer. Eliot On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 8:37 AM 'Slacky Mac' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi Kim, > > Good eye! I'll try my Albatross bar that never worked with my RB-1 and > replace the original drops. I feel like I will end up with something like > a Nitto X Crumbworks bar (I'm a distance motorcyclist - love the palms-down > hand position) but need to put some (s)miles on the Sam before figuring > that out. > > On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 11:14:18 AM UTC-5 krhe...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hey Jake, >> >> Where are your handlebars ? ...or did I not see them in your picture ? >> >> Kim Hetzel >> Yelm, WA. >> >> On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 7:41:21 AM UTC-8 Keith P. wrote: >> >>> Looks amazing. Good luck! >>> >>> k. >>> >>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 7:37 AM, 'Slacky Mac' via RBW Owners Bunch < >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> I had to say it: "Just ship it to me". >>> >>> >>> If Vince knew any better, he would have talked me out of it. I've >>> never built a bike from (mostly) scratch before, and of course it had to be >>> a Riv. Gutsy. There may be other less flattering words for it. >>> >>> Learning from all of you has given me false bravado to forge ahead, so I >>> shall. Picking parts has been a delight. I have been embracing the >>> anticipation of arriving shiny bits as patience will most definitely be >>> virtue. Just one more box from Riv and I'll have all I need. I think I >>> have a hammer around here somewhere. >>> >>> If I blow it, you'll never hear from me again. If it rolls fast and >>> true, I will post a glorious, victorious photo from Flatistan, FL. >>> >>> See any parts you like? Wish me luck! >>> >>> #goheavyontheboeshield >>> >>> [image: Sam Parts.jpg] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2e4c4ebe-51e7-41fc-b444-d4917ff0c392n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2e4c4ebe-51e7-41fc-b444-d4917ff0c392n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> [image: Sam Parts.jpg] >>> >>> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0f7499e6-c75f-4b37-9dbc-2d17563fd292n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0f7499e6-c75f-4b37-9dbc-2d17563fd292n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAALGE1X1wVswkB%2BSMjULsxP6_UFpgB3KFur_X_41Bru61BOsfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
