Oh, one more very particular rule: If you are completely clueless about
something, try to grasp and accept this reality, and get a professional to
do the job. With my first bike build I had no idea that certain frames were
designed for certain wheel sizes, and I built up a frame that would take no
rim brake known to man. I rode it in hilly narrow roads with speeding
traffic and downtown with a freewheel and no brakes and only Bismarck's
"special providence" kept me alive. ("There's a special providence that
watches over fools, drunkards, children, and the United States of
America.") (I later came to what sense I had and had a coaster brake
installed.)On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:47 AM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alas, I think that the only way to get personal experience sufficient to > learn how you really want to build up a bike is lengthy and expensive trial > and error; at least, that's how I learned to know exactly what I want in a > frame and in a build. > > So my recommendation would be: > > 1. If you want quick and convenient and relatively cheap with good > results: let Rivendell do it. > > 2. If you are willing to spend money and time to learn what really works > and what doesn't, by all means do it yourself. > > Apart from that, I have no particular advice except perhaps one thing: > don't try to save money and hope that an iffy component might work as well > as a proven but more expensive component. For example, if you know that you > like Brooks saddles, don't buy a Nashbar saddle hoping that it might just > work. Believe me, it's cheaper in the not-so-very long run just to buy what > you already know works for you. > > Patrick "building bad bikes since December 1970 (Xmas vacation, > southern-hemisphere mid-summer, sophomore year)" Moore. > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:32 AM Michael <mcanter1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Ordered a Sam as my first Riv but unsure whether or not I should tackle >> building it up myself or just let Riv have at it. I have never built a bike >> before but I do have a workshop and am good with tools/mechanically >> inclined. >> >> Are there any specific steps that you would absolutely not recommend a >> beginner attempt? By the time i purchase specialty tools, it may have been >> wiser to just order it complete? >> >> Let me know what you guys think, I really don't want to do something >> stupid! >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> 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/25e3bad5-587a-4d8f-bd29-8ca1f70295aen%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/25e3bad5-587a-4d8f-bd29-8ca1f70295aen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfgsGFa-cNa1s6k7oe7YsgO0Q8ZRod6jiZUn2rWt0Ao0qWA%40mail.gmail.com.
