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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Since it was frame and parts, my bike ain't been in the shop or worked
on
Quoted message said:by
Quoted message said:anyone but me. It still works! (Even 'half built' my back wheel (fitted
a
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:new rim) for the first time this year).
My headset tool is a bolt, nut, and two fender washers. It was something I saw in a mtb magazine
about four years ago.
Ayup - mine's a threaded bar, nuts, big washers, and a cylindrical nylon block (gentler on the
headset cups than steel). I made it by looking at what needed to be done, then making something to
do it. Me smart like monkey. Heh.........
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:My last bike, I replaced every single part attached to the frame, but did not do so until I
had the proper info (and tools) on
how
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:go about doing it.
The only way, IMNSHO.
Quoted message said:I don't do wheels. They're too easy to screw up.
Nah - vistit Sheldon Brown's site and read his wheel building tips, post questions here and at
r.b.t, then have at it - ain't too hard at all, if
you
Quoted message said:have the patience, and not much to screw up that can't be un-screwed-up
by
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:re-doing.
Maybe one day I'll give it a go for that 'spare' set of wheels.
You can make wheels as good as anyone - there is no 'trick', no esoteric knowledge needed, just
tolls, practice and common, practical sense.
This don't mean it'll be a quick job, though - slow going until you get used to it, it seems (and I
ain't anywhere near used to it........).
Shaun aRe
