Gratification
November 15th, 2007I re-greased and reassembled the headset last night, and bottom bracket tonight. Both are quite smooth now.
Then, since I was halfway assembled, I put the wheels, seat, and handlebars back on, re-ran the front brake, slapped a headlight on, and took it out for a quick test ride. Everything felt quite good mechanically, and it was very pleasant to ride. I’m hooked.
There’s still some tweaking left to do before it’s ready to ride for real, but I’m quite surprised I was able to get this far so soon.