I'm sure the BB problem could have been cured one way or another, for me it was a UN54. Honestly if I were to do it over again, I might have gone with a different style like Octalink, because it would have greatly opened up my options for cranksets. Not that I don't LOVE the Dura-Ace (I do), but I noticed that options for good road cranksets (especially new ones) are pretty slim, but octalink and other more modern styles are abundant compared to the old square taper variety.
Now though, with the Dura-Ace, when the chainring wears out I'll simply buy a new one. But for you guys with a Denali who are looking to cheaply upgrade to a road crank, I would recommend swapping to a Octalink sealed BB (or whatever is in vogue at the time) to make your searching a little easier.
Interesting to know about the old chainrings though. I was comparing them to my Dura-Ace which has equal length teeth, but then again it originally came off of a 1987 Paramount. I'm sure chainring technology has changed since then.
No real updates, but I did want to post this:
Friend and I went riding on Sunday. My Denali is in the background, friend's in the foreground. Ride was a complete disaster, we got stormed and hailed on. But it did give me an opportunity to observe another Denali in action.
If anything is going to show how well the Denali holds up...this is it. I love my buddy to death, but he does NOT take care of that bike. It's stored outside, not lubricated, and horribly adjusted (chainrub and bad shifting EVERYWHERE) but he still rides it, and aside from the problems with bad adjustment (not the fault of the bike) he has no problems with it. It will be interesting to see how long it holds like that. On the plus side when stuff does break from lack of care I'll have a few extra parts laying around for him.
My bike, on the other hand, is still holding adjustments great and having no problems. I'm about to crack the 400 mile point, and if it ever clears up today I'll take a ride and do it. Still waiting on the front and rear derailleurs, I do wish shipping would hurry up on the front but I already knew I'd be waiting close to a week for the rear. I'll be able to pick it up soon.
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