Originally Posted by
mrrabbit
It's not cool for the OP or someone else working with em to take something private -and expect US to take their word for it - on a thread that was PUBLIC and OPEN to start with.
Intended or not, it DOES carry the odor of "something to hide." Keywords = "intended or not"
Actually, it's kinda rude...and it is certainly NOT unreasonable to request pics / images for a further look.
It's par for the course almost here in the Bicycle Mechanics forum.
=8-P
Let me try to shine a little light on your comments and the thread in general.
I have actually PM'd 2 participants in this thread. Neither of those 2 PM's were regarding the repair or soliciting additional advice. Everything I had to say about the repair has been presented in this thread. The basis of these PM's were to introduce myself to these members while thanking and agreeing with their comments and input throughout this thread. Nothing more, nothing less.
The reason I dropped out of the conversation was that I thought I had been clear that the problem had been fixed to my satisfaction. At that point, I did not revisit the thread that often. If others want to continue this conversation regarding dropout alignment or who thinks they have the best answer... then go for it. I came and asked a question, I got some good advice, I applied what I thought was the best solution and confirmed that solution worked.