No specific advice to add to what's below, but I'm in the same boat, having just picked up frame and cranks from Riv. I brought mine to LBS for tube/rear BB facing and headset installation, but plan on doing the rest myself. I'll keep an eye out for your status reports as the thing comes together.
/Jeremy On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 5:55:18 AM UTC-7, Tim wrote: > > I just ordered the wheels and stoker Bosco bars from Riv for the tandem. I > got the cranks when I was in Walnut Creek over the summer so I have all of > the Riv-specific parts I need. I plan on taking Grants suggestion of having > it assembled at an LBS. I thought about doing it myself. I'm a somewhat > competent mechanic. I've built up 2 Riv's and do almost all of my own work > (I get stumped or lazy occasionally, though.) When I talked to Roman > yesterday he said getting the timing chain tensioned correctly was one > pitfall on tandems. Are there others? I guess I'm considering doing the > work myself since it is always rewarding when it works. Otherwise, I need > to find out which LBS has tandem experience here in KC. To be quite honest, > when I've had adjustments on my other bikes made at the LBS, their work is > no better than mine. And I see Sheldon has instructions on the timing chain > setup. Bottom line: DYI assembly or not? How much rocket science is > involved? -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
