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Had a proper look over the new bike today, overall pretty happy, noticed that the gear adjuster barrel was almost fully out, so reset all the gears and limit screws, bit poor really.
Checked torques of things like crank arms etc, all seemed reasonably tight but there was maybe 1/8 of a turn before the torque wrench was happy (freshly calibrated wrench from an engine rebuild, so unlikely the wrench is at fault).
Reset brake cable tension (again barrel adjuster was quite far out for the rear).
Front wheel doesn't appear very straight, maybe 3mm or a touch so side to side movement... never had to true a wheel so wonder if it's enough to get the retailer to have a quick look at that? Can't really adjust the brakes nicely given that.
Otherwise, really happy with it honestly, had to tilt the saddle down a bit as I was not very comfortable last week, upon a closer look it was pointing up a bit, levelling it out seems to have made it much more comfortable.
Managed to bag a new(ish) o-bag on Facebook Market place... first commute with it all tomorrow (after two runs with a backpack last week, quite looking forward to it).
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