Oh! Thanks to Ryan and Nick for thumbies and brake levers respectively. On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:14 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the rebuild I recently did of a horrible Big 5 cruiser; a > major part of the refurbishment was to junk the unspeakably horrible > plastic twist grip shifter/brake combos (shite, shite, shite) with > good, ol' 'merkin (or as good as American) Deore thumbies and Tektro > levers. Got great pleasure using a hammer on the shifters to break > them open to extract the cables. (The Hammer: man's most important > tool.) Replaced the expletively ugly and useless susp seatpost (under > a padded, sprung saddle) with a very short Ritchey Force, and the > gawdawful ape hangar bar with good ol' 'merkin Wald steel newsboy bar. > Still a horrible bike, but less horrible by several powers. > > This project: somewhat making a horse's ass out of a sow's ear. > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Jim Mather <[email protected]> wrote: >> Be careful when taking them apart because there are small bits that >> get lost easily. And if a rebuild doesn't work, I've hacksawed off the >> shift levers and used the cheap Sunrace as replacements: >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/sh3.htm >> >> jim m >> wc ca >> >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> the pawls inside get gummed up with dried grease and dont do their job. most >>> likely you can open them up, degrease, flex the spring-loadd pawls back and >>> forth until they move easily, relube and re-assemble......unless things are >>> actually broken inside >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > -------------------------
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