Joined: Nov 2005
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Bikes: Cinelli, Paramount, Raleigh, Carlton, Zeus, Gemniani, Frejus, Legnano, Pinarello, Falcon
Ahhhhh, I'm going to scream!
This bike is the biggest PITA I've build in 40 years! Frame came with a bent fork, still gotta sort that out, one new Sun rim came with a crushed sidewall I didn't discover until I had the rear wheel mostly laced. Ebay seller is maintaining radio silence, so had to file a complaint and have to wait for that to play out...
Hoped to put together a test of the drive train now that I have the rear wheel built, but ordered a bunch of small SA pieces from Harris, including a cog in 3/32" (hub comes stock with 1/8") now discover its 1/8" as well. So need to wait to resolve that as well, or find a 1/8" ring...
So, weeks collecting parts and still can't accomplish anything! Frustrating...
Oh, 293 spokes 3x to the 700 Sun rim worked fine. Coulda been 292, but no big deal.