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^^ I don't anticipate the shim falling out. I had to use a proper crown race setter - thanks to Fignon - to hammer the crown race into place around the shim. Interestingly however, I have just bought another Gazelle (story to follow in another CP thread) where it looks as if the bottom of the steerer tube has indeed been "staked"
^ Great tips. Thank you. I will be visiting Belton and Slade in Wandsworth when I next have the chance.
Updates (and new questions)
Every component is now on the bike and it looks boss. However, the shifting just doesn't work properly.
1) Because of the play around the mech hanger bolt, I can't shift into the biggest cog (though I can when I use my hand to manipulate the mech). This should be solved when I buy the above washer.
2) The nine "clicks" in the nine-speed Ergo levers just don't marry properly with the eight cogs on the cassette. It takes two clicks to move from the smallest cog to the next cog, then three decent shifts, then the chain misses a cog. Similar story on the way down.
Although this problem was predictable, it is annoying. Because I didn't predict it.
So I'm now hunting for eight-speed Athena Ergos. I think I may have found some at a reasonable price. But ideally I'd like to just exchange my nine-speed ones.
But...Apollo, you say above that you were running nine-speed Ergos on an eight-speed cassette. Did it actually work properly? And how!?