SuperDave wrote:
Black/Carbon cages.
Rims look nice and clean w/o decals.
Cut the extensions down another 2 inches and then the cable housing about 6 inches shorter, add an inline adjuster for the rear brake to ease wheel-swaps.
Loop the front brake housing behind the stem, not in front of the fork and below the stem.
Tell me about your choice to ditch the Metron shifters.
-SD
Awesome! I'm about 3 hours away from my "LBS," so once I get some free time from school I'll be getting all of that taken care of.
I decided to ditch the Metron shifters because I felt the levers would be in the way as far as hand positioning. I also feel like I have more control with the standard DA shifters being able to shift with my thumb and pointer while maintaining a tight grip. With the metron shifters you loose that grip you get with an open palm/hand to grasp the lever. Not sure if that makes any sense....
I do have a few random Qs.
How important are the rubber inserts where the shifter/brake cable enter in the top tube and on the chain stay? Mine got torn when they were building up my bike. They're just kind of hanging on right now.
Also, what do you recommend torque wise on the stem for the bar clamp? I did the listen nM, but the bars wont stay.
The white paint strip on the bottom of the top tube where DA is starting to flake off. Is there something I can do to prevent it from getting worse? Eventually my bike will accumulate scratches/blemishes, but I'd like to try to keep that new bike look for a while.
The DA is one awesome bike. As a replacement for my B12, I can feel a HUGE difference (or maybe it's that new bike feeling? haha). Felt should definitely be proud of this line. I also have to admit....at first I thought the color scheme was ugly, but it has grown on me. A lot.