It was suppose to come Tuesday but arrived on Monday!
Its been a great learning experience getting it setup. I now have a better understanding of exactly what a good LBS does to get a bike ready and on the floor. And I'm really happy I went with the IBEX instead of a LBS. Seams like doing the setup and fine tuning myself has been the right way to really know my new bike.
My inch pound torque wrench has come in handy setting up the BB7's, headset, and installing the pedals.
Setting up the BB7's per their manual really got me up to speed on them. Although they would have worked as installed from the factory, they weren't right by the book, and I, having decided to torque the rotors myself, I managed to find one rotor bolt that was a few turns shy of being tight, so that was great because that could have backed out later and caused some damage. The brakes are hair triggers now, and they are set up right.
The rear derailleur needed the low stop set, and the indexing adjusted for smooth shifting.
The only other thing I've found that could remotely be a concern and its funny even mentioning it because its sooo nit picky, but the sweet little logo / badge on the head tube, is pealing up on the outer edges. You can push the badge down and it'll stick for a couple of minutes but then ultimately it will pop back up on both sides. I just hope that if it ultimately is going to fall off, that I will notice before it does, so I can take it off, clean it all up, and reapply it with new mounting tape.
Rest assured, in no way am I trying to bag on the ibex's assembly or setup. Someone with no mechanical ability could have set it up and have been riding in minutes. So the derailleur may have barked a bit, a person with no mechanical ability would have ignored it or found a friend to help them out. I just wanted to post up in here and say that this was the right way to go for me, and I happy to have dug into all the details of the setup in order to really know my bike.
Now, my first pair of clip less shoes arrives tonight so its time to start practicing entering and exiting. As well, with the temps finally cooling off in Minnesota, I’ll get to hit some trails this weekend and actually ride the new bike.
Thanks Ibex.
Its been a great learning experience getting it setup. I now have a better understanding of exactly what a good LBS does to get a bike ready and on the floor. And I'm really happy I went with the IBEX instead of a LBS. Seams like doing the setup and fine tuning myself has been the right way to really know my new bike.
My inch pound torque wrench has come in handy setting up the BB7's, headset, and installing the pedals.
Setting up the BB7's per their manual really got me up to speed on them. Although they would have worked as installed from the factory, they weren't right by the book, and I, having decided to torque the rotors myself, I managed to find one rotor bolt that was a few turns shy of being tight, so that was great because that could have backed out later and caused some damage. The brakes are hair triggers now, and they are set up right.
The rear derailleur needed the low stop set, and the indexing adjusted for smooth shifting.
The only other thing I've found that could remotely be a concern and its funny even mentioning it because its sooo nit picky, but the sweet little logo / badge on the head tube, is pealing up on the outer edges. You can push the badge down and it'll stick for a couple of minutes but then ultimately it will pop back up on both sides. I just hope that if it ultimately is going to fall off, that I will notice before it does, so I can take it off, clean it all up, and reapply it with new mounting tape.
Rest assured, in no way am I trying to bag on the ibex's assembly or setup. Someone with no mechanical ability could have set it up and have been riding in minutes. So the derailleur may have barked a bit, a person with no mechanical ability would have ignored it or found a friend to help them out. I just wanted to post up in here and say that this was the right way to go for me, and I happy to have dug into all the details of the setup in order to really know my bike.
Now, my first pair of clip less shoes arrives tonight so its time to start practicing entering and exiting. As well, with the temps finally cooling off in Minnesota, I’ll get to hit some trails this weekend and actually ride the new bike.
Thanks Ibex.
