Correct way to building a bike

sigorman85
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Hi I have just bought a nice carbon pinarello frame from someone for this site I was wondering if there is a correct way to building a bike do u start from the front rear or bb and work your way around ?
Or is it as you please with bits n bobs ?
This is my first proper build I'm mechanically minded so I hope I shouldn't have problems I also have the tools at hand.i built a bitzer up as I call it with my brother when I was about 14 and was made up of bits from other bikes but I would like to do this properly so any help and tips would be a big help guys
This is my frame not this one but the same
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinare ... ih=504#i=6
Thanks si
Or is it as you please with bits n bobs ?
This is my first proper build I'm mechanically minded so I hope I shouldn't have problems I also have the tools at hand.i built a bitzer up as I call it with my brother when I was about 14 and was made up of bits from other bikes but I would like to do this properly so any help and tips would be a big help guys
This is my frame not this one but the same
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinare ... ih=504#i=6
Thanks si
When i die I just hope the wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it other wise someone will be getting a mega deal!!!
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I have just done the same as you with a frame I bought here. I would get the headset and the forks done first - not sure why. Bottom bracket is as good a place as any. I think I went in this order:
Headset, forks
BB
Cranks
Front mech
Rear wheel and cassette, tube and tyre
Front wheel, tube and tyre
Bars, shifters and stem
Rear mech
Brakes
Cables
Seatpost, saddle
Finish off by applying bar tape and indexing derailleurs, for which the pedals help.0 -
That's basically where I'm at forks are on seat post is on stem and bb front mech im trying to sort the crank and gears out nowWhen i die I just hope the wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it other wise someone will be getting a mega deal!!!
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not sure there is a right way or wrong way about this, but would imagine you want the cables to be pulled through the internal routing without anything obstructing you first
the wheels are second after you attached all your "tendons and muscles", and then the saddle adjustments and stems/bars then tapes etc as they are not mechanically linked to any drivetrainRoad - Cannondale CAAD 8 - 7.8kg
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That's exactly the same as I would start when building a bike. As it's pre-owned the bb bracket area has probably been faced, or didn't need to be faced I don't know, and if you're not sure about the headset, take it to a GOOD LBS, you may have done this yourself before of course.0
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The right is is the anyway that finsih with a complete bike that setup correctly.http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.0
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thecycleclinic wrote:The right is is the anyway that finsih with a complete bike that setup correctly.
I am sure we can make a coherent sentence out of that eventuallyYellow is the new Black.0 -
thecycleclinic wrote:The right is is the anyway that finsih with a complete bike that setup correctly.
Yeah, something like that.
Road - Dolan Preffisio
MTB - On-One Inbred
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smidsy wrote:thecycleclinic wrote:The right is is the anyway that finsih with a complete bike that setup correctly.
I am sure we can make a coherrant sentence out of that eventually
Lets hope his bike builds are more coherent than his sentences! Thingamajig the put bottom bracket insert the cable gear in the torque adjustment wheels the stem to the saddle making sure calipers inserted slack before both crankset headset anticlockwise cutting bars rotate the shifters.Faster than a tent.......0 -
good tips guys. im hoping to build a road bike up as soon as i grow a pair!0