First, I owe Jim / Cyclofiend an apology and a little defense of Wally's LBS. Walter is a great guy and never used "Frankenstein" in referencing the Riv setup, that came from my creative mind imagining what he might be thinking going over the unusal setup and was a poor choice of word on my part . He was as perplexed as most here in thinking what might be causing the issue. He made minor adjustments to the FD / limit screws and thought there might be something going on with the BB but suggested I ride it and see how it works. It worked ok today and I'll leave things alone for a while though I will have a new BB on hand just in case. I believe his thought is to work from the inside out.
I plan on keeping a copy of Jim's methodical problem solving approach for reference Doug, when gathering the build parts I did check with Riv regarding BB spindle since there was a little controversy on this website re: 107 / 110 / 113. Mine is frame 280 and no they don't keep detailed records regarding sale dates but from the Riv Readers I've pinned this frame to the 3rd or 4th shipment. Grant the man himself spoke from the golden clouds when queried 107 or 110 and specified 107. My guess is that it wouldn't make that much difference with 110 except to give a little more room between the chain stays. As noted the parts are pretty much stock Riv and chain is a 9spd SRAM. I think I'll ping Riv and see what they say about installing the chain with that 12-36t cassette since they sell that setup. Maybe the standard chain sizing technique doesn't apply when you go outside the manufacturers stated cassette range. I think what was the shocker for me is that everything was working so beautifully and then bang it didn't. Thanks all. Mitch. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
