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October 15, 2005
New bike, part II
Slightly irritated today with the folks at Decathlon.
When I found time to carry out Dana's suggestion and tighten the cable to the front derailleur, I notice the guys who put my bike together were either too lazy or too cheap to snake the front derailleur cable through the housing designed to hold the cable on the derailleur. They had cut it short, pinching it only at the tip of the derailleur. There's not enough cable to set it correctly within the housing. No wonder it came loose so soon.
When I more or less managed to pull the cable tight enough anyway to fix it temporarily again, another flaw made me frown. Two of the teeth on the large front chainring are nubs, and at least one other is ground down. That couldn't be me. Granted I've ridden off road a little, but I've had the bike less than three weeks.
Next week I'm going to take it back to them and demand they fix this stuff. I hope the guy who sold me the first bike is working then. He seemed to have more pride in his work than do his colleagues.
Posted by Mark at October 15, 2005 03:12 PM
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