That's a great looking build, Michael! Sorry about all the compounded mechanicals. Mama said there'd be days!
Jock, always nice to see one of your elegant builds. On Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10:23:09 AM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Lovely setup. > > On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 8:07 AM John Dewey <john...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Yikes, MH. What an adventure. Plenty of fortitude and patience required. >> I rebuilt this one but not quite so exciting thankfully. Actually the >> trials and tribulations only make the bonds stronger, right? You now know >> the bike really well,,,inside and out. >> >> Good on ya for sticking with it. >> >> Jock >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 5:50 PM Michael Hechmer <mhec...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> You may remember my previous post after retrieving my Saluki ( Serial >>> #007) from the powder coating shop in White River Jct Vt. I thought the >>> rebuild would be simple and straight forward. What could go wrong?!! >>> >>> First, I discovered that the threads in the BB shell needed to be >>> re-chased. This required 25 miles of driving (rt) to the Village Bicycle >>> Shop in Richmond, Vt. Home again things went well until I tried to. >>> remount the rear fender. Now realizing that all the eyelits also needed to >>> be re-chased . Another 25 miles of driving, only to discover that a >>> family emergency had lead to an unscheduled closing. Tried again the next >>> day.. Along the way I recognized that the stem would not tighten down. I >>> figured out that the wedge shaped nut was disconnected from the long stem >>> bolt, and jammed in the head tube.. This required removing the stem, HB, >>> brakes, fenders and fork in order drive the now deformed nut out of the >>> head tube. Had another in my spare parts bin. OK. Now with everything >>> (almost) tightened down, I set out on a shakedown ride. >>> >>> What a joy! I didn't buy any new parts for this rebuild but am still >>> leaning toward a new front rack. Contrary to GPs opinions I really >>> appreciate hi end Paul's breaks, TA rings, and Campy derailleurs and smooth >>> shifting.. I rode along grooving on the sweet, neutral handling of the >>> Saluki; the easy & comfy rolling of the PariMoto 45 mm tires. No break >>> squeak from my Pauls Neo Retros. Then, about 6 miles from home all hell >>> broke loose! >>> >>> Actually what broke was one tiny bolt holding the rear deraileur cage >>> together. That left me without a pulley or functioning rear derailer. >>> Fortunately I was uphill from home so could coast half the way home, where >>> I discovered the remaining half of the deraileur (Campy Centaur) was wedged >>> between cogs in the cassette. It turned out I had another Campy Centaur >>> deraileur to use. Yea. >>> >>> To deliver the coup, either in the process of wedging itself or my >>> effort to free the derairller managed to damage the threads in the dropout >>> and neither derailleur would rethread into the frame.. Another trip to a >>> bike shop. >>> >>> It turned out that the replacement derailleur also had a broken part, >>> which is probably why it was in a box of random parts. After some some >>> despair, (and a drink) I found a way to combine the two broken derailleurs >>> into one functioning part! >>> >>> Tomorrow will try another ride. It looks good. >>> >>> Some pics: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0oGGXqixGEaeNt >>> >>> I guess we all have days/weeks like this. >>> Michael >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fc43dac9-d939-4375-8715-56b2b28fb4d9n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fc43dac9-d939-4375-8715-56b2b28fb4d9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BkTrE7bmho%3DAuV-wzA7yG3wtZu3-%2BGxUnTBG6ZcBKCL2of1Lw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BkTrE7bmho%3DAuV-wzA7yG3wtZu3-%2BGxUnTBG6ZcBKCL2of1Lw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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