On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 07:29 -0400, Ken Freeman wrote: > One point: Do not do anything involving bicycles and fasteners over > grass. Usually if (WHEN!) > you drop one it will become buried under all the grass and not > findable. Then you're faced with > replacing a usually unique bolt or washer (such as something on a > Campy or Shimano part) that > may or may not have a thread known to man or a known thread with a > uniquely small bolt head. > Either way getting a workable replacement can become a major Internet > search (ordering a > Campy bolt) or fabrication process (improvising a Shimano part) that > is at least as challenging > as riding that century you were planning for two days hence. >
If you've got to work outdoors (and I usually do) it helps to spread a large cloth under the bike to catch what you drop. Because you certainly are going to drop something sooner or later, and Ken is right, learn from his experience rather than yours. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
