If you've got the tools bottom brackets and cranksets are pretty simple, nothing really to mess up there. Derailers are not that complicated either, it's basically about setting the limit screws to keep the chain from going where it's not supposed to. Headsets only get slightly complicated when you're switching them out, but just adjusting is no big deal. Bottom line, all the stuff you're already doing is just as tricky and complicated as the stuff you haven't done yet, so don't let the fear of messing something up dissuade you.
That being said you probably want to leave wheel building to the LBS - or find somebody that can walk you through it & check your work the first couple times. An old Peugeot is probably more similar to a Riv than any modern road or mountain bike as far as components are concerned, but breaking it down and rebuilding it seems like a lot of work just to learn. Attack things as they need adjusted or replaced, read up, and learn as you go. On Friday, December 5, 2014 12:25:42 AM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: > > I can do some stuff on my bikes. Setting up cockpits and saddle/seatpost, > brake lever/caliper/housing/cable installation and adjustment, pedals, > shifter lever installation and adjustment, fender/rack installations, > cassette/chain swapping, etc. The more basic stuff. > > But I haven't dared to do anything with bb's, cranksets, wheel > building/truing, headset adjustment, derailer installation. Just don't > wanna mess anything up. > But I want to learn to do this stuff so I don't have to depend on the LBS > for things. > > What's a good way to go about doing these more difficult things without > damaging anything? Books and websites are helpful, but I still don't have > the confidence to mess with the aforementioned stuff. > > Buy a beater and wrench away on it? But a lot of old road bike beaters > don't match the type of components and frame of the RBW bikes and wheels, > so I don't know how helpful that would be to break down and rebuild a > Peugeot (for instance) to help me learn how to do maintenance on my > Rivbikes. > > Any ideas? How'd you learn? > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
