NEW Bike Build!

[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!

[smurfalicious]

Ack! Envy! Yet, inspiration! I wish my frankenbike came together as smoothly. Oh wells, soon, soon. I'm so super stoked for you, I think salvaging old bikes is strangely spiritual. Then again, my mom's fixation with repairing old stuff may have worn off on me.

[mimitabby]

oh, you did a really nice job! Brava!

Interesting mistakes that the LBS made. How come they didn't sit you on the bike before you left to make sure it fit you?! (i agree, they get demerits for that!)

Happy new bike. Now that you have the seat adjusted, the stem tightened and the tire turned around, is it an absolute pleasure to ride?

I hope so!

[ilima]

Your bike looks great!

I just built up (well my mechanic built it up) a bike for commuting in a similar way with parts I mostly cobbled together off ebay and craigslist (still in the box Ultegra 9-sp shifters--yea!). I wanted a ton-o-gears so went with the Deore LX RD and mtn cassette as well. For kicks I went with a low normal RD, which means it shifts to bigger cogs easier (I live on a hill), but is backwards of my regular bike.

[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)

[Zen]

i don't think you can ride that on the canal but I have a bike you can borrow that will work just fine.

[Bad JuJu]

Great job on your bike! Cute photo of her waiting for you at the gate.

[madscot13]

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

ooh ooh let me find my camera again!

I actually tried to find gears that were closer to yours. Sugino makes a set, but I was not wild about them. Shimano XT-K are actually spot on but impossible to find. Dura ace 7703 was one of the few triples to have such a large gap between the rings. And I think you can only use one derailleur with it. Well actually the only annoying part- you can't switch out different size chainwheels. I can't say moving from low to high is difficult; I'm still getting use to the shifters. But should it take two swings of my lever to go from the middle chain ring to the large one?

I am heading back to the bike shop- not to chew them out for not checking over the bike before I handed over my credit card. I am going to ask a few shifting questions. One about the upshifting I noticed above and the other is about being in my small chainring. One thing I do notice is how messy it is when I am in the lowest gear. As in it wants to move up but it does not have the room too. I thought I had taken care of it by having a long rear derailleur, but I will have to take it back to the shop for some help. could it be an overall chain tension issue? or my front derail? Biking on a hill in my small chainring is very jerky. I can't pinpoint what is going on though.

Any thoughts?

I wasn't sure if 32mm wheels would be big enough for the canal.