a little update

so the bike shop doesn't have shims for these ultegra breaks. they suggest i upgrade to a ten speed. yeah. sure.

my friend who i bought the bike from, said the handlebars are steep and wide.
she has narrower less steep bars, we will swap them, and i guess move the whole "unit" down a bit and see if that works.

i will ride as is while i am away for now, the roads i am going to are flat, so it should be ok over there...