While waiting on the new tire for the rear wheel I got the rest of the drive train mounted. FD.
And RD,
And finally the shifters and I also ran the brake and shift cables/
Pedals..
And cockpit ...
Until finally I was just in need of the rear tire which arrived on Friday. I let it stretch for a day and fiddled with the brakes and shifting.
Finally on Sunday morning I was ready for a shakedown cruse, I went about 4 miles and I would say the shifting is about 70% there. It goes between the two rings up front just fine so that is a relief and I can get into the big cog in back but there are a few dodgy shifts getting through the mid range. So I will fiddle a bit more before I wrap the bar tape and call it done. I am growing to like the SIS indexed shifting although sometimes friction is just easier, but I am committed to getting the indexing right on this bike so I will keep at it. It was fun to finally ride it and it does seem to love going "fast" that being a relative term for me. I thought about adding a bike computer but I think for now I will leave it off and just imagine I am going fast lol.
Ride. Red is the fasted color. Smile. Repeat.
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