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Well I think all custom frames—apart from maybe the Oaks?—have teething problems! For instance...
I went to check mine today before it went to the painters... it was finished by Lee last week.
Unfortunately the back end may need rebuilding... It was built too short, so I can't tension the chain in the sliding dropouts. Lee is on Holiday for two weeks... I know it'll get sorted, and problems like this are to be expected, but the wait is killing me! It looked fucking gorgeous I wanted to ride it so bad!
John suggests I take it home next week and ride it whilst Lee is away on a skinny road tyre so I can tension the chain. He says I should do this incase anything else needs changing. I think building a bike up and unbuilding it to be sent back is a bit of a waste of time... A bit of a loss of what to do.
Anyway, here's a photo of the dilemma:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yt/7698843082/