On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 11:04 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Ryan: Hiroshi at Jitensha studios has, or had, minutely detailed > instructions for mounting Honjos that helped me install my last pair > with minimal fuss and with decent results -- and I tend to be an > impatient klutz. > > http://www.jitensha.com/eng/honjinstl.html > > That said, I've installed metal fenders (Berthouds) sans instructions > and achieved acceptable if not quite perfectly symmetrical results -- > again, I am impatient and klutz-like.
Besides Jitensha's instructions, Velo Orange has instructions for mounting metal fenders online. And of course, BQ has published several articles on mounting metal fenders. I've studied all these, and have achieved good results -- repeatable results, too, because I've mounted at least 3 sets -- and I'm at least as much of a klutz at Patrick. As far as impatient goes, here's one area where you really cannot, MUST NOT be impatient. Installing metal fenders will teach you patience. Go with the flow, treat it like that arm crank they have you turn for rehab for shoulder problems (it'll only go so fast no matter how hard you wail away at it, and a light touch is all you need to make it go at its one and only pace) and take your time. It's really not hard. Hell, I can do it, and if I can do it anyone can do it. (Sometime I'll tell you the story of my 7th grade wood shop and the Scotty Dog Bookends and the Maple Leaf Nut Tray.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
