Today was suppose to be the final day of my bike build, at least for now. I went to CC to get the shifters set, and put on the new chain. Then the front D would not work properly, what a downer. I am temporarily using my old Ultegra SL Shifters with my new dura ace 7900 Front D, which apparently are not compatible with the new 7950 crank. The chain rubs going up into the last 3 gears. Possible solutions are to change the front D to the old ultegra SL front D, which will work as the pull on the 7900 is designed only to work with the 7900 shifters. Or to buy the $400 Dura Ace 7900 shifters now, and float some bills for a month. I am leaning toward the later, but have not decided yet.
The best deal I can find on the shifters is at PerformanceBike.com with my Team Member Discount it comes to a whopping 404, add my point discount of 3.33, and it then moves to 400.77...Wow!
I am completely depressed about this, because I wanted to ride tomorrow. The thing is I do not want my maiden voyage to be with the WRONG STUFF, and MAKE SHIFT parts. Will let you know what I decide....but we now the outcome already!
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