New to maintenance/assembly

Mac9

Hi all,

I've never attempted to upgrade/assemble a bike before in any way. I bought my first bike last year but it was recently stolen.

I want a decent replacement road bike but don't have much money, so I am considering buyinh a good frame and adding to it from there with good components until I have a good bike.

Any idea on the cost/difficulty of doing this?

Thanks for any advice!

smidsy

Building a bike from scratch is not terribly difficult but rarely works out cost effective against buying a ready built bike of the same spec (assuming you buy all the bits new).

What it does allow you to do however is spread the cost without taking credit but if you do not have another bike to ride wilst you progress the build this is largely irrelevant as you presumably want to get out there pronto!!

If you do decide to go the build route it will be immensly easier if you invest in a work stand.

That leads me to another point - if you do not have the tools the cost soon mounts up as you need things like BB tools, Chain whip, Chain splitter, Cassette tool etc. etc.

Very rewarding to do it though.

Mac9

Thanks Smidsy, as I imagined there sounds a lot more to it than just clicking a few bits and pieces together!

You're right, I was considering it to spread the cost whilst also getting a better understanding of how a bike works and what are good/poor quality components.