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So following on from earlier Pompino / Sturmey Archer SRF-3 chat, I've now fitted it and from a quick ride round the block, it seems to be working. That was stressful though. Instructions hideously bad and it's such a 'black box' of mystery, I'm still afraid I've done it wrong and I'm going to break my expensive new wheel.
So can I check a few things with someone who knows what they're talking about... @edscoble @mdcc_tester
The tiny threads on that indicator rod are really meant to be the only thing the cable pulls on? Seems so fragile.
They supply a bunch of parts so you can fit it multiple different ways right? I have fitted it using the metal arm thing that sits on the axle to hold the cable rather than the chainstay clamp. And I haven't used the plastic pulley unit, or the big plastic guard thing? (Inexact terminology I know). They even seem to give you a choice of multiple different axle nuts. Makes it very confusing. Is there any reason to go one way over the over?