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So chuffed with how it's come out! You might find the levers a little more comfortable rotated down (clockwise as we see them from drive-side).
Will you be out and on this tomorrow??
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i'll do that, thank you for the heads up!
I will be out on it for the WNR, going to shorten the chain when I get in tonight, might need your advice on how to get the wheel to stop slipping as it has happened twice now? even with bolts tightened.
i'm probably not aligning it properly doing it with one person and no bike stand.
Maj
Not worthy of its own thread, but I have finally built my first bike, and first fixed at that. I'm sure I have committed a vast amount of bike sins, both mechanical and aesthetic, but I'm pretty happy none the less.
The plan was something practical, but fun to ride when I didn't want to lug my tourer around town, maybe be able to lock it outside a shop too so in the long run will be ratted up.
Along the way I learned how to set up and fit caliper brakes, switch a chain, fit and remove bars (we all have to start somewhere)
The chain needs a link or two removed but I wanted to take it for a spin to make sure everything else is ok
Still to come:
2 bottle cages
One of those clip on rear fenders
Something to protect the frame from the bars
Inside is how it came, outside is after it's built.