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3 packages arrived today. a hope skewer , as the ambrosia ones (that came with the hubs) are really quite dangerous. this awful little NYLON u shaped washer . dear lord no. I will not have my rear wheel come lose ever again.
another 3/32 144bcd ring that doesn't fit.
and a sram 8 speed cassette.
front ring is a 50t. the cassette has 23, 21,19,17,teeth on there, as my favourite fixed ratios is 50 + 20, this set up feels really ace.
the shifter is 9 speed indexed, so it was tricky getting 6 gears out of the 8 available working smooth, with that old 600 mech. and some kind of smooth chainline. the extra two smaller cogs are like a flux capacitor on my bike. I still want a smaller chainring though, 45 or 47 will be ace for around here. maybe a 26t on the back to. im going to continue to mess about with cable tensions , indexing and limiters tomorrow.
see what happens. maybe get it smoother.
and I have to get used to this huge honking conptraption, works ok though. ugly nasty thing.
after messing around sprinting some wee hills after dark. I can already see the benefits of sti shifters.
and getting components intended to work with each other.
whats the weather like tomorrow then.
he he.