Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread Nash Taylor
Using a torque wrench would help. May be over tightening. -- 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

Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread Patrick Moore
L O *L!* On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Peter Adler wrote: > Some of us would be grateful just to strip fasteners. > > I've ridden 50.4 5-pin French cranksets for a long time. For reasons > related to backward compatibility to bits developed in the 1930s, those >

Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread Peter Adler
Some of us would be grateful just to strip fasteners. I've ridden 50.4 5-pin French cranksets for a long time. For reasons related to backward compatibility to bits developed in the 1930s, those cranks/chainrings use 8mm fasteners, noticea smaller than the 10mm chainring bolts common since the

Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread Patrick Moore
O! Very well known! Patrick "torque it some more" Moore Aside: recall one day my then 3 year old daughter frustrated by some elementary task, saying earnestly to herself, oh SIT!". On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > Another important step is going

Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
I figured this out when I broke off the bolt in one of my Ergon grips. Now I have a Ritchey 5NM wrench that I use for everything around the handlebars and stem clamp. To the OP, I would also add it is VERY easy to strip a bolt if the bolt is soft metal and the hex wrench is hardened. I

Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 04/23/2017 05:35 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: One important principle that hasn't been mentioned so far is: torque proportional to need. I am habitually someone who thinks, "Just a bit more tight and you'll be safe" -- funny, I just recalled a long-ago incident, where I met a pretty young

Re: [RBW] Re: mechanical question

2017-04-23 Thread Patrick Moore
One important principle that hasn't been mentioned so far is: torque proportional to need. I am habitually someone who thinks, "Just a bit more tight and you'll be safe" -- funny, I just recalled a long-ago incident, where I met a pretty young woman by using a similar line -- she had bought a bike