Rivendell's videos are among the best I've seen for learning bike mechanics. Replacing a bottom bracket is as easy as that video makes it look, if you have the right tools.
I still have trouble adjusting V-brakes (I won't even touch traditional cantis). I can get them installed, get everything balanced but I can't set the distance from the rim to save my life. I suspect that if I would just invest in the 4th hand tool, I could probably do it pretty well. Doing by hand just isn't working for me. I also don't mess with headset cups. I won't try the screwdriver/hammer method and I don't want to spend the relatively big bucks the tools would cost. Everything else on a bike, I've done. I get some satisfaction out of it but I can't really say I enjoy it. It's just that I have several partial bikes and I'm constantly juggling parts between them so doing it myself is a must. I don't have the money or the time for an LBS to do it. On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 4:20:57 PM UTC-5, Evan E. wrote: > > I, too, like wrenching. But for a few tasks, such as changing a headset or > replacing a bottom bracket, I don't have the tools or the skills. It's be > awesome if the more skilled wrenches on this list could offer to help the > less skilled among us. Imagine a list of volunteers, organized by city? > They could maybe trade their labor for Riv gift certificates, or beer, or > Paleo chocolate . . . > -- 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.
