NEW Bike Build!

[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.

[Zen]

32's? they're plenty big
it's hard to tell from the photos. They looked like slick road tires

[7rider]

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

I hope they're big enough. I have 32's (cross/knobbies) on my canal bike now.
BTW...very nice rebuild... No thoughts on your gearing/shifting issues....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I hope they're big enough. I have 32's (cross/knobbies) on my canal bike now.
BTW...very nice rebuild... No thoughts on your gearing/shifting issues....

32's can handle just about anything.