[RBW] Re: Help - can't ride for the lack of a bolt

2011-08-06 Thread Philip Williamson
It takes a little while to dial in the angle of drop bars, and set the hoods to the perfect height. They affect each other, but riding around with untaped bars and a tool usually works. Cable routing can affect your grip, especially with cotton tape. I just retaped some bars, replacing cork tape wi

Re: [RBW] Re: Help - can't ride for the lack of a bolt

2011-08-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Post photos! And enjoy the ride! On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jay wrote: > OK - jet lag and bike assembly is not a good combo. It took a 45 > minute ride on my old bike and some blueberry pancakes for me to > figure out for myself what Patrick suggested - take any bolt that > fits, a couple of

[RBW] Re: Help - can't ride for the lack of a bolt

2011-08-06 Thread Jay
OK - jet lag and bike assembly is not a good combo. It took a 45 minute ride on my old bike and some blueberry pancakes for me to figure out for myself what Patrick suggested - take any bolt that fits, a couple of washers and vioala ... my 1st ride on a Rivendell :) Actually my 1st time riding a d