Adventures in Middle Earth, or building a Rivendell

Still need to try and properly index the rear derailleur, which is about as fun as pulling teeth.

It's really not that bad. My method:

1) Screw the barrel adjuster all the way in;
2) Shift to the smallest cog;
3) Pull the cable untill there's no more slack (but not too hard) with your hand, and then tighten the bolt;
4) Shift down once. The chain will probably not jump to the next cog, or hesitate;
5) Increase cable tension with the barrel adjuster untill the chain jumps to the next cog;
6) Then repeat from step 4;
7) Once you're all the way to the biggest cog, check shifting up to the smaller cogs. If necessary, release a tiny bit of tension.