[RBW] Re: Help - can't ride for the lack of a bolt
It takes a little while to dial in the angle of drop bars, and set the hoods to the perfect height. They affect each other, but riding around with untaped bars and a tool usually works. Cable routing can affect your grip, especially with cotton tape. I just retaped some bars, replacing cork tape with cotton, and find that I really want to move the cable, because the nice 'shelf' has become a sharp edge under the new tape. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Aug 6, 1:04 pm, Jay robin...@gmail.com wrote: OK - jet lag and bike assembly is not a good combo. It took a 45 minute ride on my old bike and some blueberry pancakes for me to figure out for myself what Patrick suggested - take any bolt that fits, a couple of washers and vioala ... my 1st ride on a Rivendell :) Actually my 1st time riding a decent road bike of any kind. Impressions so far are: 1. This is a very high quality bike - much better than anything else I've riden, and 2. Drop bars are going to take some getting used to. I've got them nice and high, but there are a lot of adjustments, decisions, etc. I ride almost every day and have for years. With this set up I feel I a total newbie. So many new to me things - drop bars, bar end shfters, Rivenell sizing. I've got a 6 day solo tour planned starting the week after next. Hope I've got some of the kinks worked out by then. Thanks for all the help. On Aug 6, 12:48 pm, Jay robin...@gmail.com wrote: I've been up since 4 after a 16 hour flight yesterday, excited to put my new to me Sam together and take it for a test ride. It's almost done but I can't ride it because the bike shop failed to include the bolt that keeps the seat post from slipping in to the frame. Do I just walk into a local shop and ask for a generic seat post binder bolt? 5mm? 6mm? What do I tell them? I could bring the bike down there but the logistics of that are more than I care to deal with at the moment. I would ride it, but ... you see the problem. I'm sure this is an easy fix and I am hoping to avoid a wild goose chase for the wrong bolt. Anybody? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Help - can't ride for the lack of a bolt
OK - jet lag and bike assembly is not a good combo. It took a 45 minute ride on my old bike and some blueberry pancakes for me to figure out for myself what Patrick suggested - take any bolt that fits, a couple of washers and vioala ... my 1st ride on a Rivendell :) Actually my 1st time riding a decent road bike of any kind. Impressions so far are: 1. This is a very high quality bike - much better than anything else I've riden, and 2. Drop bars are going to take some getting used to. I've got them nice and high, but there are a lot of adjustments, decisions, etc. I ride almost every day and have for years. With this set up I feel I a total newbie. So many new to me things - drop bars, bar end shfters, Rivenell sizing. I've got a 6 day solo tour planned starting the week after next. Hope I've got some of the kinks worked out by then. Thanks for all the help. On Aug 6, 12:48 pm, Jay robin...@gmail.com wrote: I've been up since 4 after a 16 hour flight yesterday, excited to put my new to me Sam together and take it for a test ride. It's almost done but I can't ride it because the bike shop failed to include the bolt that keeps the seat post from slipping in to the frame. Do I just walk into a local shop and ask for a generic seat post binder bolt? 5mm? 6mm? What do I tell them? I could bring the bike down there but the logistics of that are more than I care to deal with at the moment. I would ride it, but ... you see the problem. I'm sure this is an easy fix and I am hoping to avoid a wild goose chase for the wrong bolt. Anybody? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Help - can't ride for the lack of a bolt
Post photos! And enjoy the ride! On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jay robin...@gmail.com wrote: OK - jet lag and bike assembly is not a good combo. It took a 45 minute ride on my old bike and some blueberry pancakes for me to figure out for myself what Patrick suggested - take any bolt that fits, a couple of washers and vioala ... my 1st ride on a Rivendell :) Actually my 1st time riding a decent road bike of any kind. Impressions so far are: 1. This is a very high quality bike - much better than anything else I've riden, and 2. Drop bars are going to take some getting used to. I've got them nice and high, but there are a lot of adjustments, decisions, etc. I ride almost every day and have for years. With this set up I feel I a total newbie. So many new to me things - drop bars, bar end shfters, Rivenell sizing. I've got a 6 day solo tour planned starting the week after next. Hope I've got some of the kinks worked out by then. Thanks for all the help. On Aug 6, 12:48 pm, Jay robin...@gmail.com wrote: I've been up since 4 after a 16 hour flight yesterday, excited to put my new to me Sam together and take it for a test ride. It's almost done but I can't ride it because the bike shop failed to include the bolt that keeps the seat post from slipping in to the frame. Do I just walk into a local shop and ask for a generic seat post binder bolt? 5mm? 6mm? What do I tell them? I could bring the bike down there but the logistics of that are more than I care to deal with at the moment. I would ride it, but ... you see the problem. I'm sure this is an easy fix and I am hoping to avoid a wild goose chase for the wrong bolt. Anybody? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
