Originally Posted by
Rnauth1418
What is being over complicated?
The bike is painted, and I don't have the manual anymore. The only way to truly tell the grade of a material without serious effort it to hardness test it.
Dude, really? You're building a bicycle, not a rocket ship.
I don't have a fancy engineering degree and can tell whether a frame is steel or aluminum without having to perform a series of tests.
Originally Posted by
Rnauth1418
I don't think you read through the posts.
Because they're overcomplicated.
Originally Posted by
Rnauth1418
I have been working on mechanical devices since I was 12. I have put together and taken apart many things and have a deep mechanical background.
Yet you don't posses the common sense to know that a 1/8" chain will fit on a 3/32" cog.