When I built up the third Riv I bought, a Cheviot, after having bought a webspecial Appa and a Riv built Roadini, I ran into the classic mistake of not knowing what I didn’t know, and rejoined a section of 9 speed chain with the previous pin, instead of using an extra quick link. Shortly after the build, I was changing gear to go through an intersection when the chain snapped, completely shearing my derailleur in half and twisting part of the chain 90 degrees. I wasn’t pedaling very hard. Luckily there was no other traffic and I was able to push the bike clear of the street. I bent the derailleur hanger and scraped a couple of spokes and the drive side fender stay. I do build my own bikes now, but I have a lot more know how than I did in 2019 when I got the Cheviot.
On Friday, May 31, 2024 at 10:34:52 AM UTC-7 John Dewey wrote: > +1 on the fender washers and threaded rod. If you're not building bikes > every day, this solution works remarkably well. > > > > On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 6:33:00 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 6:40 PM Eric Daume <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Riv framesets come with a headset installed. That's the hardest job for >>> a home mechanic, in my experience. >>> >> >> Not if you use a hammer. Seriously, this is how I installed my first >> ones, but those were cheap steel and I was lucky. No, don't try it. Now I >> use a crude press made from thick threaded rod with big fender washers and >> nuts; works fine and I do this only every 10 years or so. >> >> The next hardest job is ordering the correct parts: bottom bracket >>> spindle length and crank and (if you're using one) the front derailer all >>> need to play together correctly. >>> >> >> +1. Buy your parts at a good shop who can tell you what size you need. >> FDs: Am I right in thinking that fds from the 5 sp era were more fiddly >> than modern (I count 7400s as modern) ones? Or am I just more experienced? >> I used to sweat over fds. >> >> Interesting thread. I started tearing down and building bikes in complete >> and blissful ignorance on a dirty concrete garage floor with poor light and >> minimal tools -- monkey wrench for headsets and bb fixed cup, nail and >> hammer and big nut for chains, largely pliers and vise grip for the rest. >> If you have good set of general DIY tools you are already light years ahead. >> > -- 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/086adb2f-1ea0-4d4d-a987-955bce0ee589n%40googlegroups.com.
