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  • April 24, 2014 at 12:58 pm #21245
    lisseman

    Hi,

    I have always wanted to build myself a bike but as a complete novice would be glad of any advice, including ‘how to’ manuals. With a budget of £3000 what frame would you recommend as a starting point. Many thanks in advance

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  • April 24, 2014 at 3:05 pm #788007
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    Scoob_84

    You can pretty much find all
    You can pretty much find all the information you need to build a bike on youtube. Bike manuals, if they exist at all, will become obsolete and outdated very quickly.

    I recently built a bike, and thoroughly enjoyed it and its highly rewarding. I had very little experience with bike maintenance before but found it fairly straight forward. Just make sure you buy the right components to fit your frame. Tube sizes vary.

    As for bike components, i bought most of my stuff very cheaply from Ribble cycles. But shop around with the likes of Merlin Cycles and planet X for the best deals.

    April 24, 2014 at 2:52 pm #788005
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    lisseman

    sorry I should have said its
    sorry I should have said its a road bike. I have more than a few bikes I have bought off the floor and had one purpose made for me. The +1 I was looking for was a self build road bike. I can see how it is difficult but maybe someone who has already done it could offer some pointers?

    April 24, 2014 at 2:34 pm #788003
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    jmaccelari

    This is a daft question (no
    This is a daft question (no insult intended).

    What bike do you want to build? Road/MTB/CX/SS/…?

    The aim of building your own bike is to select the components that YOU like – not some arbitrary people on the internet. Do some research, pull the components together and then ask people their opinion of those components. Then be prepared to listen to as many opinions as there are people.

    Or just go to Evans and buy one off the floor…

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