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Time to hacksaw off the front derailleur. True to form, I could find a few blades but not the actual junior hacksaw, so blades it was. I protected the frame with some old inner tube and managed to slip a small allen key between the bolt I was sawing and the frame for some actual metal protection. A couple of minutes with a loose blade and I was making shawshank redemption-level progress. I don't have 19 years or a poster of Raquel Welch so it was time to break out hacksaw senior. A bit more protection for the frame was needed but it whizzed through in no time and off popped the front derailleur.
Next to fit the chain, which I'd sized yesterday using the big cog/big ring +2 rivets method. After a bit of lube I shifted through the gears and the chain popped satisfyingly into place for each. Celebrated with some cereal.
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