vp's Cogworks: The Marin and Beyond

The set arrived yesterday, however, the box was damaged. The derailleur either got fucked during this, or it had major QC issues to begin with. One of the rivets that hold the thing together is not properly fastened. This causes the cable guide run bent. I don't really have a way to fix this by myself. Nonetheless I've installed everything.
The derailleur itself looks quite straight. I have good shifting at the highest 5 gears only, the rest aren't working, the chain jumps around. I've had pretty much the same issue on this bike before. I did check it with a proper hanger straightening tool though and it was straight... Anyways, back to singlespeed for now, maybe I get a free replacement for the derailleur and I'll try again.

The shifter itself is quite awesome , very snappy, and the lever that switches to higher gear can be either pushed or pulled. They did miss the clamping bolt out though. It's standard M5, so I could replace it, but still...
The cassette looks pretty good, I couldn't find any defects, the cogs run straight and have even spacing. The whole thing isn't very heavy either.
And the chain is good too.

Overall If I get a refund for the derailleur I'm happy with the purchase. I don't have another bike to test the set on at the moment, but I was thinking of another retro MTB restomod lately...

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