That was my experience as well. Some of the posts suggest everyone has not
been so fortunate, glad you were. My Hunqa has exceeded all my expectations
- enjoy! Bob
On Jul 9, 2016 3:52 PM, "Bob B" wrote:
> I got my Hunq yesterday and, viola, I'm done building it as of this
> morning! (maybe I'll
I got my Hunq yesterday and, viola, I'm done building it as of this
morning! (maybe I'll share pics in a thread later...)
*UPDATE on the subject of this thread:* BB was clean and went in easy,
everything installed w/o any chasing necessary. So the thread was a moot
point, but I learned a few th
Hmm, when I worked in a shop "long" ago prepping a new frame was
standard practice. One of those "duh's" . Prep meant chasing/reaming/facing
everything that could be done. It appears this is not done so much these
days. Always ask and request it to be done because unless noted beforehand
You don't mention anything about the steering tube, fork crown, head tube
surfaces so I'm assuming that it shipped with a headset installed.
However, even it it did, I found out the hard way on my Ram that the fork
crown seat for the bottom cartridge bearing was not cleaned of paint or
primer
FWIW, I had to have my AHH and my Hunqapillar's seat tubes reamed. Both
were were really tight and scratched the daylights out of any post I
installed. A couple of minutes with a reamer and all is well.
On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10:07:05 AM UTC-4, Bob B wrote:
>
> Thanks Keith and Kevin,
>
>
Thanks Keith and Kevin,
At the suggestion of Bill Lindsay in an older thread, I got myself a tap
and die (5mm and .8 thread pitch). I think this will take care of the
bottle bosses, rack, and fender mounts, right?
So I'll have to look out for the BB threads. Checked with a couple of my
LBS's a
Yeppers, we know a thing or two about Rivs at the Bicycle Pro Shop. If you
stop in the Georgetown store one of my Rivs is usually hanging by the front
door. Right now all three are there when I'm in. People are usually surprised
to see them with all the high zoot carbon dohickies in the shop.
Bob -
The only threads I had to have redone on my Hunq were the fender mounts.
The first was problematic (in fact, I snapped a Nitto screw off inside,
thinking that I could use it to muscle through the paint instead of tapping
it as I should have), so I had the local bike shop (Bicycle Pro Shop
