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Awesome thread and great bike: love your patience, persistence and eye for detail..!
Fantastic! I thought I wouldn't ever find Revolvers for my Tioga build (my Richter 8.0) but someone got in touch on here to say they had a tatty pair. I've cleaned up the BB and have the arms powdercoated, but I haven't fitted them yet. I was waiting to find the correct size Tioga seatpost, but now that's fitted, so no excuses.Well, I didn't expect to find my dream cranks for this bike so soon! I was hunting on Marketplace, and I happened across this 96 Zaskar LE for $125, with a worn pair of Revolvers.
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It also came with mismatched wheels, the rear having a black M732 hub, so I'll eventually swap that over and take care of the drive side spokes at the same time, making a nice matching wheelset. There's some other good bits too, and it came with a Judy DH with a cracked arch. I'll be splitting the bike and selling the parts I don't want to fund other projects.
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Right now, I have the cranks in an ultrasonic, and I have the drive side pedal out. I'll have to take the other half to work tomorrow to use a vise. The cups are also stuck in the BB shell, and I don't have the right tools, so I'll take care of that a little later. The cinch bolt is also bent, and you'll notice the washer behind the bolt there on the end of the drive side crank arm is not the right one. It's just a flat washer with ridges on one side. If anyone has a replacement, or a suitable item that can be bought online, please let me know.
Thanks! I spend a lot of my free time staring and thinking about my bikes, trying to envision what they could look like. It's nice to actually make them real.Awesome thread and great bike: love your patience, persistence and eye for detail..!
Thank you! I'm lucky to have found a proper matching fork. Maybe in a few years, I'll upgrade to a black and orange decal RS-1, but for now, this Tange is great.Very, very nice indeed. Excellent work. Lots of nice touches and good to see with the rigid fork.
Does anyone have a lead on preproduction decals/transfers, or even a paint mask, for these? I've seen the question asked a few times, but never answered. I haven't asked Gil yet.
Yep, the one I need is a Park Tools HCW-4, and I'm also going to look for a BBT-7 for future lock ring adjustments. I don't want to tear up the metal like the last guy did when he installed these.For the last drive side BB I couldn't get out with my normal big wrench/spanner, I bought the wrench with the cut out to fit over it exactly, then used a big bolt and washers to hold it tight to the cup. And then, after lots of penetrating fluid, a length of heavy hardwood to deliver dead weight blows to the end of the wrench. When it starts moving, more fluid and back and forth hammering. It came out ok without damage to cup, frame or tool. (I always have to remind myself to loosen it in a clockwise direction.)
This is a good guide:
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/bottom-bracket-service-adjustable-cup-and-cone