Weigh yourself with kit on and use a pressure chart rather than a number a friend gave you. Most burping I see is people running pressures they read about for a 70kg rider while weighing 95.
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New rotors sometimes ship with a factory coating. A wipe with isopropyl before the first ride is a thirty second job that prevents a fortnight of noise.
0.5 on 11 and 12 speed, 0.75 on 9 speed and below. Narrow chains have less material to lose.
And Friday off is fine, the queue just shifts to Saturday. Plan a bigger Saturday rather than pretending Friday will happen.
Chainring bolts had not crossed my mind at all.