The postman arrived laden with essential supplies. Tyres and tubes went on easily enough - I'm struggling to see a downside to folding tyres other than them needing a little convincing to revert to (and stay in) a circular form so that you can fit them. Having gone for the wider tyres it is indeed the case that the wheel can only go on the front before the tyre has been pumped up. Looking at it I think I'd have had to go two sizes down rather than just the one size that I was considering.
The cable adjuster barrels and the bottom bracket guide also arrived so
the adjusters screwed straight in whilst the guide screwed in. It
didn't come with a screw so I was lucky enough to find a suitable M5
set-screw although it did need cutting down a shade to clear the BB
casing inside the tube.
After taking the accompanying picture I swapped to a crossed cable routing so as to make things a little easier at the front end. Of concern though was that the cable to the front derailleur was going to rub against the frame as it turned up towards the mech. After some head scratching and some trawling of the internet for a solution I twigged that I could chop the outer off a bit of spare cable and just leave the teflon liner behind. This I could then thread through the cable guide and up around the frame. Extracting the liner from the outer was easier said than done but it seems to do the trick.
Next up for cable routing was to switch over the seatpost clamp to one with the brake hanger integrated. It seems to be that you have to have this slightly offset in order for the cable to run smoothly.
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