Sounds like you could really have enjoyed having an LBS assemble the bike for you.

In an case, it appears you don't have the front derailleur mounted far enough from the bottom bracket. Installation difficulty is coupled with the fact that out of the box the derailleur is set up for low gear. Take the chain off the bike, reposition the derailleur so that when it swings onto the large ring, the cage misses by about 5mm. Look from above and makes sure the cage alignment matches the plane of the rings.

Note that the jump from 34T ring to 60T ring is only 26 teeth and something that most rear derailleur with long cages can handle.

:)ensen.