Band on the run#

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:31:49 +0000

Very nearly finished putting my new bike together. It still doesn't have

• bar tape, nor will it have until I've tried riding it to find out if the brakes are in the right place
• anything to stop rain running into the steerer. I do have a star-fangled nut, but am decidedly unimpressed with the concept - it requires significantly more brute force to make it go in than I think is consonant with good engineering - and will probably instead be getting one of those expander bolts that carbon steerers require.
• a front derailleur. The plan up until about an hour ago was to borrow the band-on mech from the old bike, but it turns out they have different seat tube diameters. That should have occurred to me already.
• wiring for a computer, mount for the rear light

The first and fourth of these are, I think, essential for Saturday. The second, only if it rains. The third, well, for a mostly flat course I reckon that if need be I can stick it in the big ring and leave it there.