Originally Posted by
praivo
Me :-) The brakes are crap, both wheels need to be trued (which won't happen until I get a truing stand), and the fork is crap as well (95 mm pivot spacing and one leg farther from the center than the other, resulting in having the wheel a bit off-center & making it a PITA to adjust the brakes), and the saddle clamp doesn't hold the saddle very well (I have a spare one, will use it soon). Also, the I got the pedals (Kona Jack****) used which meant having to rebuild those as well...
However, I was surprised by the weight, I expected it to end up being way over 15 kg without the accessories.
Well, in a pinch you could just use the fork as a truing stand. I was contemplating this afternoon seeing if I could re-true a wheel and in the end decided to take it up to the shop to be done professionally, since they have the tools.
However, flipping the bike up-side-down and sitting the wheel in the drop-outs was sufficient to be able to assess just how bad the wobble was and whether it needed professional attention. (~5mm, enough for me to worry)
By the sounds of things though, the frame is a good example of a "bicycle shaped object". ;-)