Re: [CR]Fundamental Rite of Passage

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:55:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Fundamental Rite of Passage
To: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <821021.41262.qm@web60415.mail.yahoo.com>


That's why they made the Campy pista headsets a lower stack, I think. I think 90% of pista headsets were used not on track frames, but on road frames where the owner had cut the fork too short.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com> wrote: So I receive my brand new Colnago Master frame from La Bicicletta somewhere in Canada, and the first thing I need to do is cut the fork steerer. I perform the operation cleanly, with a fresh hacksaw blade even, and I end up with a nice straight cut...and a steerer that is too short to accomodate my Campagnolo headset. Instead of installing the fork and headset and then marking where to cut, I cut the steerer based on my calculations of the headset stack height. Boy, what a difference 5 millimeters can make.

Fortunately the shop was a large enough Colnago dealer, and the owner was nice enough, that he could trade my fork for a new one free of charge.

And then there was the time I was cleaning out my storage shed and I decided to throw out some empty Campagnolo boxes. Turns out they weren't so empty...fortunately I caught that one before it was too late.

Ray Dobbins Miami FL USA

John Betmanis wrote: At 10:01 PM 30/06/2007 EDT, DTSHIFTER@aol.com wrote:
>I thought this was interesting and would like to start a thread concerning
>what others might consider "rites of passage" regarding the "normal" types of
>work performed, and or, attempted without success, which resulted in a "oh no,
>what do I do now....." sort of response?

While I've never cut a hub out of a wheel without removing the freewheel, here's something I believe every one of us has done as kids before we knew much about how bikes worked. The first time I wanted to adjust the stem height (or maybe remove it, I can't remember) I loosened the stem bolt and wondered why I still couldn't budge the stem. After that I got a book from the library and learned a whole lot of tother mysteries, like how to remove cotter pins to get a crank arm off.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada