Jump in and just do it. I know what I know by making all the mistakes. My first bike build, age 15, 1970, included at the very least 3 distinct and incompatible basic component designs and I ended up with a bike that no rim brake (caliper, stirrup) would fit and a 90" gear. And I accomplished this build and the next (age 16) much more sophisticated (and more weird) one using, not only the most basic of tools, but tools that weren't tools: nail and hammer and large nut to break and assemble chains; one-prong paper punch for pliers; pipe wrench for wheel nuts; and so forth.
Much more recently, circa 2012, I made -- in the sense of "coerced" -- a Worksman tricycle frame to accept a Stronglight 99 (I think; 86 bcd) single with the stock bb assembly (using an Ashtabula to square taper BMX conversion) by hammering in a very delicately gauged dent in the right stay. Worked just right and even looked elegant. This by way of installing a chi chi Grafton triple, of which I was very proud, on a mtb using the then standard XT type 122.5 mm spindle, and earning the contempt of a local bike mechanic for the weirdly offset chainline. On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:25 PM, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What's a good way to go about doing these more difficult things without > damaging anything? Books and websites are helpful, but I still don't have > the confidence to mess with the aforementioned stuff. > > ... > > Any ideas? How'd you learn? > > > -- 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/d/optout.
