tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post8720385769596661336..comments2024-01-15T14:14:40.035-05:00Comments on Citizen Rider: Assembly Linecafiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-21587953348049831712009-10-09T20:24:01.697-05:002009-10-09T20:24:01.697-05:00That's awesome about the "porkless" ...That's awesome about the "porkless" CAPTCHA.<br /><br />On closer inspection, the boxes didn't say "made in Kazakhstan," they said "Fuji Kazakhstan." They also said "Made in China." Their contents were disappointingly mundane. I don't know why just a few mentioned Kazakhstan, just as a couple in a previous shipment said Fuji Russia.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-37527999194178974302009-10-09T15:56:36.468-05:002009-10-09T15:56:36.468-05:00So what was in the Kazakh shipment? Leftover Astan...So what was in the Kazakh shipment? Leftover Astana jerseys? <br /><br />Fascinating (given Kazakhstan's predominant religion) -- the CAPTCHA for this comment is "porkless."Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-48991712161835861092009-10-04T08:19:25.355-05:002009-10-04T08:19:25.355-05:00Thanks, there was a lot of good info there.Thanks, there was a lot of good info there.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-91862795732936862902009-10-04T07:53:20.070-05:002009-10-04T07:53:20.070-05:00Steve -- I described assembly procedures in this p...Steve -- I described assembly procedures in this post: http://citizenrider.blogspot.com/2009/05/detailed-assembly-makes-rest-of-life.html.<br /><br />Most bottom brackets are sealed cartridge units these days. The rare cup-and-cone units have been made to look like sealed units, which makes them very irritating to adjust. You have to pull off one or both crank arms. This week I got one in a new bike that was torqued down so hard the crank arms would barely go around.<br /><br />Ham -- in the parts box for another bike I found two unexplained 1/8-inch ball bearings.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-73105854314105624892009-10-03T10:15:51.744-05:002009-10-03T10:15:51.744-05:00Doubt that you get to adjust bottom brackets in th...Doubt that you get to adjust bottom brackets in these....<br /><br />Now then, how about checking the number of bearings balls in the front hubs? ;-)Hamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182921009517833997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-55094615319736447672009-10-03T09:41:20.785-05:002009-10-03T09:41:20.785-05:00I'd love to see a follow-up post detailing wha...I'd love to see a follow-up post detailing what the manufacturer thinks is completely assembled, versus what the bike shop is expected to put on, versus the "gray areas" where the manufacturer does it, at least sorta, but a good bike shop will often have to futz around to get it right.<br /><br />Are, for example, bottom brackets almost always properly adjusted upon receipt?Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.com