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@Maj
i have now had a time to eat a lovely veggie burger and some hash-browns and reflect on the day,
thank you for all your lovely comments throughout the day, and some genuinely helpful advice!
the bad!
1) the shifter cable could have been prevented if i opened the packet, but i want to let myself off because it seems truely surreal they'd send precut lengths. i'm annoyed it wont have the metal effect cable but can be replaced long term.
2) the chainring is on me, the time i spent oggling it, the photos shared, i should have seen it, will hopefully be resolved this week.
3) the rack not fitting, i don't seem to have a good time with racks generally, will look at it again long term, bend the bracket out, get the right bolt, but for now im ok to go without
the good!
1) the frameset is lovely, little commented on in the earlier posts , but truly, the photos do not do it justice and tbh, no amount of words will either because a lot of what i like about it is a hodge-podge of vibes/ideas/feelings that float around and release good brain chems. it's exactly what i wanted from a bike.
2) the frameset is surprisingly light? it looks quite burly but i'd say it's not noticeable if you've ever held say, a brother kepler or a cdf, considering it looks/ is a lot more burly. at no point did i discuss tubing with mv, the man knows his stuff! stickers that came with it tell me it's columbus cromor? zona? cant tell you which bits are which, maybe he can
i got to admit i thought it would just be ol' bmx steel, 4130, so this was a very nice surprise and makes it even greater value than it was???!
3) the geo, there is a shot up there next to my pomp, they look remarkably similar, the geo itself is a caadx 56 give or take, but it looks smaller? maybe some tweaks to fit the lugs, whatever has happened the reach/ stack numbers are spot on
has a toit' wheel base and that is a 175 crank dangling there!!! it's so far off the ground!!!!!! going to be great fun, when it's done.
really is a 29r bmx as it stands
4) a bit of praise for my collection of parts looking back, they do look nice don't they, well at least to me. the silver wheels, crank and brakes against the black finishing kit and fork, v nice.
5) the only things which went wrong are things i have not had to consider before, never set up a derailleur (friend done this for the Raleigh, remember that?!?!) and the chain ring, didn't even know middle burn did 1/8th specific ones. so i'm happy i have learned some good skills over the last year!
left to do?
1) get it done, take it for a spin before i have to go back to the email mines
2) get some nice photos not next to a bin, a nice FAQ detailing all the little bits and how it actually rides