NEW Bike Build!

[madscot13]

After soliciting a lot of advice from TE'ers (thanks!), I finally settled on a bike build for my dear Trek 520. I totally replaced my drive train from the mountain drive train that it originally came with. A lot of teeth were worn down and if I were to replace one part I would need to replace another few parts, so I decided to put in a full set. I've been hankering for STIs so that I could get away from my downtube shifters. I also replaced the quill stem with a shorter one in order to try and alleviate some reach issues. I also swapped out the handlebars for the same reason. That and I wanted to try out the salsa pocos everyone has been raving about. Oh yeah, new brakes because mine had a definite tire wear down pattern on them.

The bike is a 9-speed frankenbike. I wanted to have road shifters but the gear range of mountain bikes.

Shimano ST-R600 9-speed short reach brifters.
Salsa Poco handlebars with Silvia cork tape
Cinelli XA 80mm stem
Ritchey logic headset.

Shimano 5500 bottom bracket
Dura Ace crankset
30/39/53 triple rings
Shimano 7703 front derailleur

Rear cassette 12-34
Shimano Deore LX derailleur

front wheel: mavic open pro with a Surly hub
rear wheel: Mavic aksium race with mavic hub

is my bike any lighter with that top of the line drivetrain? Probably not. the shifters way more than my downtube shifters and I think mountain gears being smaller than their road twins are lighter. But who knows I am replacing parts more than 10 years old. I chose the parts for their compatibility and reviews. Nothing was very expensive except for the shifters but those weren't too expensive when you compare it to current Ultegra 10 speed STIs.

I would probably give the bikeshop I sent it to a B score. They did not tighten the quill bolt. my handlebars kept swiveling up and down during the whole ride home! The seatpost was left high and I had to ride standing up the whole way (excellent training for the next time I want to test my self on the Alps). Also my front wheel is backwards, which is somewhat inconsequential except my spedometer magnet is on the wrong side.

[divingbiker]

This thread is useless without pictures.

[mimitabby]

This thread is useless without pictures.

++ boy howdy. Let's see what we're talking about here?

[Zen]

what bike shop would send a bike out the door like that?
I give them a D.

[madscot13]

must find camera cord to please the masses...

[mamaof5]

I'm guessing you probably did this, but just in case:
Make sure you have a new chain with your new drivetrain.

[madscot13]

Alright, when I add pictures you can't be like some other forum that I won't name. You can't tell me to flip it because you can't flip quill stems. You can't tell me to take the picture in front of my white garage door because I don't have a garage and it is raining outside.

here are the before pictures:

[madscot13]

and the after:

note how much nicer the teeth on my gears look!

[dachshund]

must find camera cord to please the masses...

Yeah, we're such an angry mob..............

[Trek420]

Yeah, we're such an angry mob..............

and we're swarming after you with torches (insert here the image I have of villagers from the Frankenstien movie, couldn't find one)