Asa - the bolts aren't even coming loose and I think I've stripped one already Uh oh but that's good to know that the middle ring will come loose too.

Missliz- Ha, the bike whisperer! That's good. I must have been lucky with the first person who built my bike b/c my SRAM really did shift like butter and then one of my kids thought it would be neat to push on it and ever since then it hasn't been quite the same. I haven't found anyone with that magic touch yet.

Can hydraulic brakes be setup that way, too?