Ah, good . . . so it's ok to have the seat post clamp turned around with the bolt in the back even though the compressible slot is in the front?

and the cable housing loop is not too tortured?

Do you have a barrel adjuster hooked up somewhere? If so PLEASE identify which one and where it is on the cable! Candidates:
http://www.niagaracycle.com/advanced...juster&x=0&y=0

I can't tell if that little brass insert is threaded and those tiny pictures don't help . . .

The only cable adjusters that I'm familiar with require a threaded receptacle into which the threaded adjuster is screwed and the tension is adjusted by screwing the adjuster in or out, thereby changing the compression on the cable housing. I do not understand how those other ones work. Like this:

http://www.niagaracycle.com/product_...ucts_id=413084

Thank you so much for your help!