The cassette (11-28 SRAM PG-1070) arrived in the post so that was in theory an easy "build" job to check off the list. My son decided to help, which meant that the big stack of gears and spacers were quickly taken off the plastic stack and spread all over the table. A few minutes of reorganising ensued with the cassette ending up on the wheel and the lock-nut done up finger tight. At this point it became apparent that something wasn't right as there was quite a lot of movement on gears that tightening up the lock-nut wasn't going to cure. There followed a worried search for a missing spacer in the kitchen where we all the parts of the cassette had been disassembled until I had a light-bulb moment and remembered that a spacer came with the wheels. I had previously assumed that 8+9 speed cassettes were narrower so needed the spacer, however it appears that it is actually they that are the wider ones and that the spacer is actually for the 10-speeds.
Next up was the forks. I had previously tried fitting the brakes but had stalled when I realised the paint needed cleaning out of the threads. A quick run down with the appropriate tap and they went on very easily. I do suspect though that the blocks are going to impede easy removal of the wheel, should I go for a chunky tyre profile.
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