Re: [RBW] DIY build or order complete?

[P W]

I am genuinely still confused why people consider installing a headset difficult? Do people just mean because they don’t own the tools to do it? Because otherwise, I don’t get it. If you have a headset vice (and you don’t even need a fancy one, I have a perfectly serviceable cheapo from eBay that anybody less lazy than I could make themselves from a five-minute shop at a decent hardware store), and both a headset and adjustable wrench, I don’t see how installing one could be harder than, say, setting up even the most straightforward of V-brakes? Unless you had to remove an old headset first. In which case… No, actually, the same logic above applies.  P. W. ~ (917) 514-2207 ~ On May 28, 2024, at 6:32 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:  On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 6:40 PM Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: Riv framesets come with a headset installed. That's the hardest job for a home mechanic, in my experience. Not if you use a hammer. Seriously, this is how I installed my first ones, but those were cheap steel and I was lucky. No, don't try it. Now I use a crude press made from thick threaded rod with big fender washers and nuts; works fine and I do this only every 10 years or so. The next hardest job is ordering the correct parts: bottom bracket spindle length and crank and (if you're using one) the front derailer all need to play together correctly. +1. Buy your parts at a good shop who can tell you what size you need. FDs: Am I right in thinking that fds from the 5 sp era were more fiddly than modern (I count 7400s as modern) ones? Or am I just more experienced? I used to sweat over fds. Interesting thread. I started tearing down and building bikes in complete and blissful ignorance on a dirty concrete garage floor with poor light and minimal tools -- monkey wrench for headsets and bb fixed cup, nail and hammer and big nut for chains, largely pliers and vise grip for the rest. If you have good set of general DIY tools you are already light years ahead. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgt2sqXjqPKtY0nJ3BWpcHLcpntHTZ0tzPoCHSYDXiu9_A%40mail.gmail.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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3B5DB46B-9DD4-4F66-9380-E7262D8ADE40%40gmail.com.