PR
Big Ring
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| 04/09/2008 9:07 PM |
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I've got a mid 90's 16" litespeed hardtail, and I really like the bike (very nice) but it's too short (tt) for me, and I've never felt totally comfortable on it, even with a long (for me ) stem and layback post. I've run up on a decent deal on another mid 90's litespeed frame that's an 18". It looks like everything would swap out ok, no cutting the steerer tube or anything like that.
So, I was out running around in the world today, and got a shop price for the swap. It was excessive. Suprised me really. Anyway, I'm seeking someone to give me a price for this job. Or somebody with a headset press, and a tool to remove a shimano bb. Send me a pm if you're up for this, but not if you wanna experiment on my bike, or if you live in northern Siberia.
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Rowbear
Big Ring
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Lexington, KY
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| 04/09/2008 9:34 PM |
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Slowmo can do it for a mason jar of you know wut
just have the shop do the headset, bb, and cables and you do everything else, would that make it
cheaper? |
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chuck_clark
Big Ring
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Louisville
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| 04/09/2008 9:35 PM |
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| Come to Louisville and I will help you build it and take you on a local loop for a test ride. |
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RIC0
Big Ring
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| 04/10/2008 9:10 AM |
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| Be careful, Chuck will put some of them ape hanger bars on it. |
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chuck_clark
Big Ring
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Louisville
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| 04/10/2008 2:04 PM |
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You jealous of my cool bars, Rico?
BTW, PR, do a search of the KyMBA photos below to see why you should never let Rico touch your bike. His is the one with the tube that "escaped." Found it.
http://www.bikeclicks.com/Portals/0/Gallery/Album/83/tire.jpg |
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russell g
Big Ring
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Louisville, KY
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| 04/10/2008 9:38 PM |
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| I would suggest doing it yourself. It's the only way you can take the care and love needed to detail/clean and regrease all your parts. Without a headset press or BB tool you will need a shop to do that. everything else you can do with the basic garage tools. It is a time consuming ordeal but so worth it. Oh you will need cable cutters but you can get those for pretty cheap and a good tool to have. I can't imagine a shop charging much if anything to press a HS and remove a bb |
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creeping death
Big Ring
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| 04/10/2008 10:41 PM |
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| headset can be put in with a rubber mallet or a block of wood and a regular hammer. Just make sure you drive it in flush, not one side in more then the other. I've done it. The removal you have many option. If you never use the old head set again you could cut it out or how ever you can do it. Use your redneck thinking. |
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Big Tommy C
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| 04/11/2008 8:15 AM |
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If you don't have a cable cutter, you can always use a dremel. Just wrap the cable in tape before you cut to keep it from fraying.
A BB tool seems like a good purchase to me, it's something you're likely to use every once and a while. I don't buy nearly enough frames to need a headset press, though. |
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RIC0
Big Ring
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sumwaresin, KY
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| 04/11/2008 9:41 AM |
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| I bought a SETTE tool kit for $30 from pricepoint and it has every tool I need to rebuild my bike, minus the external BB tool ($11) and headset press. I've removed a few headsets the redneck way that Creep mentioned with no problems. I replaced a spoke for the first time last night and trued up the rim with not much of a problem at all. I do see a truing stand in the near future and next winter I plan on building my first set of wheels. |
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Rod
Little Ring
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| 04/11/2008 12:55 PM |
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There's a real simple do it yourself truing stand Rico. I found a link to it from someone's signature on mtbr on mtbr one day. It's a front fork with zip ties attached to the lowers to show if the rim is out of true. It looked real simple and effective. Any old fork would work and it will save you a lot of money. Just put the fork in a vice or mount the vice to a block of wood if you want to transport it.
Edit: I wasn't sure if I was on my pc or the library's when I found this site, but I checked my favorites and I found the link. Here you go.
http://miketechinfo.com/new-tech-wheels-tires.htm#wheel%20truing%20stand |
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RIC0
Big Ring
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sumwaresin, KY
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| 04/11/2008 1:17 PM |
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| Rod you rock, thanks for the link. |
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