This seems like my universal answer of late, but have you talked with Grant about it? His plethora of experience and knowledge of the intersection between people and his bikes is vast and bound to help shed some light on the possibilities.
With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 4:49:00 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: > > I am about to give up. Tearing my hair out. Aaargghhh.... Would appreciate > any ideas you all might have. > > Got pushed over by a car last fall. Low speed accident. Ever since, low > back hurts when I ride this bike. > My other bikes are fine. My body is fine. MD says back hurting ain't from > the accident. > So it is something with the Bleriot. > Frame is in alignment. Checked by 2 shops. > Rest of bike checked out ok, too. > The rear rim did get bent, but I got a new symmetrical (not off center) > Synergy rim replacement that is true. > > Been replacing structural support components lately in case something got > bent that isn't visible to the eye. > Like bars, stem, saddle. Back still hurts. Tonight I will swap out the > seat post. > > The last thing I can imagine would be new cranks/drivetrain. > > But I really don't wanna spend the dough unless it is possible the crank > arms were bent in the accident. The bike just fell over as I bailed onto > the hood of the car. And bike cranks look strong, so I doubt they are bent. > At least to the eye they look good. Pedals measure equidistant from top and > sides to crank arms, so they aren't bent. > > Any ideas? I am getting so frustrated and don't want to have to give up > riding this beautiful bike. > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
