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Ok, about time for an update. There has not been much progress of putting it together but I have received a few things:
I was very excited about these wheels, they looked great and seemed to be built really well. I very rarely buy stuff like this new, so to get a miche box fastened with campagnolo distributors tape was somewhat of a luxury. To my surprise, they were actually made in ITALY. Which is surprising considering their low cost.
I couldnt wait to stick the tyres on the wheels but I realised I had no rim tapes! And I never had even any PVC tape which I have often used. So had to leave that. I also wanted to stick the cassette straight on, but I ran into a big hurdle here that I did non expect with a set of new wheels. The lockring just would not go on. The threads seemed to be very undercut, could only get it on a single thread. So irritatingly this had to wait too. I wrote to fatbirds and left it a few days, after getting no reply I decided to have a go at forcing it on today. After all casette torque settings are a whopping 40NM. I was really careful, backing of several times and using grease. I was surprised at how many turns it needed and I kept doubting it, as I often fuck up bike parts in a fit of furious bodging. But thankfully it was a success. Risky with a aluminium freehub though.