Linda, I have come to this very conclusion - you are right. I am so limited by not being able to put the bike in the stand. I plan to get one after Christmas.
I have built up a small collection of tools for simple fixes on my bike, but I really need to broaden my horizon. I have gone on YouTube but the bikes they demonstrate on are never anything like what I’ve got in front of me, and I can’t stop and ask questions, so I give up. It is my dearest wish that the next place we move to has Riv folks in it who would be willing to share a little expertise about the nuts and bolts of things on my bike. Name the price - money, food, whatever. The List has been invaluable, but it’s much easier to learn wrenching in person. Garth, yes, good thought. Unfortunately, there’s no way it could be mud or matter in my fenders. I live in Vegas where there is no mud and I ride pavement. I’ve gotten down on wheel level and it looks pretty clean in there, not even the silver tape holding the wire seems to be the problem. I just can’t figure it out, but the sound is so harsh I would think the issue should be obvious. Well, we’ll see today. Leah Sent from my iPad > On Dec 6, 2020, at 5:41 AM, Linda G <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe it's time for you to get a workstand for your bike. You've probably > seen them in the bike shop. They hold the bike up in air while you work on > it. Even if you are not doing much mechanical work it allows you to turn the > pedal with one hand while you listen to where the sound is coming from. Then > you can push on a fender, move a wire, etc. and see if the sound stops. A few > simple tools would allow you to adjust a fender or a brake shoe. If you > can't figure it out at least you have more information to give a mechanic. I > understand that you may not want to get into this but it's just a suggestion > and could save a few trips to the bike shop. I can assure you that the gene > for basic mechanical competence does not only reside on the y chromosome ! > Linda > >> On Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 8:09:37 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> All I want to do is just ride my raspberry Platypus. I have goals, a 3,000 >> mile one for 2020, in fact, and I am 17.1 miles from reaching it. But >> instead of basking in that, I have been riding around stressed out by all >> the new sounds/ticks/rubs/whirs that my new bike is making. Add to that the >> extra stress of not having the capability to fix things myself, which means >> a 40 minute drive across town to the bros at the shop, who now know me on a >> first name basis. Embarrassing. >> >> Let me be clear - Rivendell built the perfect frame. It’s getting all these >> parts and wiring and fenders and gears to work, that’s the problem. >> >> I tell you, I remember this with the Clem, too. I could tell it was a great >> bike, so much fun to ride, not that I was having much fun... I was riding >> around, swerving, with my head cocked analyzing foreign sounds and >> vibrations coming from this strange beast beneath me. Maybe the shop >> installed stuff wrong, I’d think (which was the case more than once). Maybe >> something has come loose and the bike is about to fall apart beneath me, I’d >> think. But the Clem got all ironed out and became perfect and now here I am >> at ground zero again with this pretty Platypus. >> >> Today I went 22 miles, but not without complications. Both the Clem and the >> Platypus have something rubbing. I rode around on the Platypus in bad form >> leaning my ear to hear - “Is that one sound or two sounds?” “Is that rubbing >> or a strange vibrating?” “Is this what the Schmidt dyno hub sounds like? I >> don’t think my Shutter Precision makes this sound.” “Maybe it’s the fender.” >> “What if the tape is coming off the dyno wiring?” “I think that screw is too >> close!” Lastly, the stem started clicking when I apply light pressure to >> it. >> >> And this game has been going on since the Friday after Thanksgiving when I >> assumed custody of this rowdy Platypus. >> >> All I want is to stop playing this game. Ride my bike in peace, which means >> listening to the familiar whirring and humming as I pedal. I want to feel >> how nice the ride is, instead of being distracted by sounds that could be >> indicative of doom. I don’t want rubs, clicks, or anything janky going on. I >> want familiar! It has me completely bummed out; a heaviness of heart, that’s >> what I’m having. >> >> What I want to know if if the rest of you experience this agony. It’s not >> easy to admit, for fear of looking ungrateful. Fact is, I am wholeheartedly >> grateful for this bike, and it is one of the few good things to happen to me >> in 2020. But will this long-awaited bike ever get straightened out? >> >> So, who else can relate and what stories do you have? It would feel nice if >> this was normal, instead of being unique to mechanically-challenged me. >> >> In the next post I’ll include a video what the bike was doing to me today. >> Name that sound! >> Leah > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/NxxUYLKcgoc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/18417da8-7b08-4675-9913-fffe4893fbb9n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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]. 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