AH thank you so much!!! I went to check the spacing and the chainline, but no FW yet. I decided to torque the crank and remeasure.... then I noticed it, the chainstay is CRIMPED!!! measuring to the tube it is still about 4-5mm but if the tube was not crimped it would be about 2-3mm.
thank god I don't think I could take another issue with this project.
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk