Excellent post, Leah, and the thread it has inspired; kudos to your LBS and mechanic too. I can only do a few things at this point, but mean to change that by signing up for a class at the United Bicycle Institute in Oregon sometime in the next year, once I step off the work wheel here in May. Like many, I expect, I've always found even modest mechanical, plumbing, household, or electrical fixes satisfying, especially since I'm at a screen for so much of every day.
Tom in Miami On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 9:31:38 AM UTC-5 Jim Whorton wrote: > Yes, RJ the Bike Guy is great. Especially when he’s making his own tools, > like the homemade bottom bracket thread chaser, the homemade headset press… > it takes some of the mystery out of these processes. > > On Feb 20, 2023, at 6:58 PM, Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yep, three cheers for not underestimating your abilities ! > > In regards to wheel stuff, watch Jim Langley's video on wheel building, > it's an hour, and you can watch it in parts of course. He has a rather > calming way of showing you how he does it, and he's encouraging. Even if > you have no confidence or desire to touch a wheel, at least watch it to see > that it's not so mysterious. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUqul03hbZ8 > And in print from his website. > https://jimlangley.net/wrench/wheelbuildfull.html > > I have to say for an independent bike mechanic I always find "RJ The Bike > Guy" on YT to have good videos for how to adjust/overhaul anything bike > related. > > -- > 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/TzcvVrxWktw/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/21436b35-e9fe-4c77-bcaf-1a21c58de109n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/21436b35-e9fe-4c77-bcaf-1a21c58de109n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eaa607f2-03de-4202-b4f8-c64b129542dbn%40googlegroups.com.
