I finally got around to converting a bike I cleaned up for my girlfriend (viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10595&hilit=+girlfriend) to a Nexus 7 spd (bought from a RRB member) with a little (LOTS!) of help from Joe, aka yeshoney. Honestly, I could not have figured out how to get this thing set up without his help. I am SO grateful to him.
I stretched the stays with a scissor jack, and fit the wheel, but it was all wack. It appeared after staring at it for a while that only the chain side stays bent, thus the wheel was not centered in the bike. Then on top of that, when I fit the wheel, I scratched my head and thought, "I have no idea how to rig up the cable"... having never messed with a Nexus before.
[lightbulb] "call Joe! he's Nexus guy."
[voicemail] "Is this Nexus customer service? Is this the Nexus hotline? Joe, it's Ian, I need advice on how to set this up. Call me when you can"
not only did Joe call me back, he came down that night (50 min. drive), we hung out in the garage and we got her done. First we jumped on the chain stays and bent what I bent back. Then Joe did this contortionist thing where he stepped on what he didn't want to bend, and pulled up on what he did want to bend, and one beet-red face later, he had it bent right. My herniated disc jumped out of my spine and ran down the street just watching him.
so here's Beth's bike with the 7spd skidder. Popular opinion is to leave the rim black.
Joe, you'll notice these bars are different than last you saw. More room for adult knees.
also, not only did Joe show up with some freebie old tires for me, but he bought this for me. Need to find some right size scale chain to hang it from the seat. Thanks again Joe.
I stretched the stays with a scissor jack, and fit the wheel, but it was all wack. It appeared after staring at it for a while that only the chain side stays bent, thus the wheel was not centered in the bike. Then on top of that, when I fit the wheel, I scratched my head and thought, "I have no idea how to rig up the cable"... having never messed with a Nexus before.
[lightbulb] "call Joe! he's Nexus guy."
[voicemail] "Is this Nexus customer service? Is this the Nexus hotline? Joe, it's Ian, I need advice on how to set this up. Call me when you can"
not only did Joe call me back, he came down that night (50 min. drive), we hung out in the garage and we got her done. First we jumped on the chain stays and bent what I bent back. Then Joe did this contortionist thing where he stepped on what he didn't want to bend, and pulled up on what he did want to bend, and one beet-red face later, he had it bent right. My herniated disc jumped out of my spine and ran down the street just watching him.
so here's Beth's bike with the 7spd skidder. Popular opinion is to leave the rim black.
Joe, you'll notice these bars are different than last you saw. More room for adult knees.
also, not only did Joe show up with some freebie old tires for me, but he bought this for me. Need to find some right size scale chain to hang it from the seat. Thanks again Joe.
