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List of everything you need to build your first bike

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  • January 12, 2018 at 9:18 am #28011
    AfterPeak

    After building my first bike I thought it might be helpful to others to see the list of everything I needed. Please add anything you think I have missed.

     

    Parts

    • Frameset (Frame, Seat post, folks, headset)
    • Groupset (Front/rear mech, front/rear brakes, shifters, cassette, crankset, chain)
    • Wheels
    • Tyres
    • Handlebar
    • Stem
    • Bottom bracket
    • Saddle
    • Water bottles
    • Pedals
    • Bartape (Gel pads)
    • Gear cable set
    • Brake cable set
    • Bottle cages
    • Chain master link
    • Inline barrel adjusters
    • Spacers
    • Garmin mount

     

    Tools and Other

    • Workstand
    • Cable cutters
    • Pedal spanner
    • Tyre sealent
    • Post cutting tool
    • Grease
    • Carbon paste
    • Bottom bracket install tool (LBS best option!)
    • Thread locker paste
    • Headset race install tool (LBS)
    • Hacksaw (32 teeth per inch)
    • Sandpaper (600 grade)
    • File and pick (for cable ends)

     

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  • February 23, 2018 at 12:06 pm #909731
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    AfterPeak

    Ok one more attempt….

    Ok one more attempt….

     

    Parts

    • Frame
    • Seat post
    • Seat post clamp
    • Folk
    • Headset (Race, bearings (2x), bearing cover, compression plug/star-nut, top cap, bolt, spacers)
    • Groupset (Bottom bracket, front/rear mech, front/rear brakes, shifters, cassette, crankset, chain)
    • Band for front mech (optional)
    • Wheels (Plus QR, spacer if needed)
    • Rim tape
    • Tyres (Inner tubes/valves/sealant/glue)
    • Handlebar
    • End plugs
    • Stem
    • Saddle
    • Water bottles (Plus bolts)
    • Pedals
    • Bartape
    • Gel pads (optional)
    • Gear cable set (plus all end caps, tongues and ferrules)
    • Brake cable set (plus all end caps, tongues and ferrules)
    • Bottle cages
    • Chain master link
    • Inline barrel adjusters
    • Garmin mount (optional)
    • Mudguards (optional)
    • Frame protection tape (or electrical tape)

     

    Tools and Other

    • Workstand
    • Cable cutters (with crimp tool)
    • Pedal spanner
    • Post cutting tool (optional vs LBS)
    • Grease
    • Carbon paste
    • Bottom bracket install tool (optional vs LBS)
    • Thread locker paste
    • Headset race install tool (optional vs LBS)
    • Hacksaw (Optional 32 teeth per inch vs LBS)
    • Sandpaper 600 grade (optional)
    • Star-nut setter tool (optional)
    • File and pick (for cable ends)
    • Cassette tool
    • Rear mech hanger alignment tool (optional)
    • Chain whip
    • Electrical tape
    • Allen keys
    • Screw driver
    • Hammer
    • Measuring tape
    • Adjustable spanner
    • Set of spanners
    • Chain lube
    • Chain cleaner
    • Core valve remover tool (Optional)
    • Track pump
    • Hydraulic fluid, bleed kit, Torx 25 bit for brake rotors (optional)
    • Torque wrench
    • Spoke keys
    • Tuning stand (optional)
    • Cable liners/dental floss/vacuum cleaner for internal cable routing (option)
    • Big tool box (Ha!)

     

    Optional extras

    • Swear box
    • Beer
    • Tea
    • Fruit cake
    • No interruptions
    • Tolerant spouse
    January 15, 2018 at 7:43 am #909729
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    Woldsman

    Let’s here it for the humble

    Let’s hear it for the humble screwdriver. Isn’t that what was used to fit the front and rear reflectors – and bell? Maybe the groupset included derailleurs with the newer Allen key style limit screws. If not I would suggest the Vessel Megadora 900 +2 JIS jobby if a Shimano/SRAM build.

     

    January 15, 2018 at 1:40 am #909727
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    Redvee

    Torx keys for the rotor bolts

    Torx keys for the rotor bolts and the final but vital bolt you thought you could tighten with an allen key.

    January 14, 2018 at 5:09 pm #909725
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    Grahamd
    don simon wrote:
    4lb lump hammer for general fitting, straightening and tightening.

    Something smaller for delicate work.

    Sounds familiar…

    https://goo.gl/images/jYGZ6R

     

    January 14, 2018 at 4:46 pm #909723
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    don simon fbpe

    4lb lump hammer for general

    4lb lump hammer for general fitting, straightening and tightening.

    Something smaller for delicate work.

    January 14, 2018 at 4:39 pm #909721
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    alexn

    just in case…..

    just in case…..

     

    Master Card to go and buy a fully equiped and already built bike. cheeky

    January 13, 2018 at 3:49 pm #909719
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    part_robot

    Vacuum cleaner and string to

    Vacuum cleaner and string to save you rage quitting after 30mins of trying to thread the cables through the frame…

    January 13, 2018 at 2:00 pm #909717
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    gonedownhill

    Rim tape for those running
    Rim tape for those running tubes and who buy wheels that come without it.

    YouTube

    January 13, 2018 at 12:13 pm #909715
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    antigee

     

     

    matthewn5’s      List “wins” includes a seatpost clamp 

    surprised no one bothers with a torque wrench or similar?

    and what about dental floss and a vacuum cleaner? – best done before the beer 

     

    edit sorry some one did add a torque wrench

     

       

     

    January 13, 2018 at 11:59 am #909713
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    matthewn5

    Here’s the master list I use

    Here’s the master list I use when pricing parts for a new build:

    Bottle cage bolts
    Bottom bracket
    Brake levers
    Brakes
    Cassette
    Chain
    Chainset
    Crank arm bolts
    Derailleur bracket
    Forks
    Frame
    Front derailleur
    Gear shifters
    Grommets to seal frame holes e.g. DI2/mechanical
    Hand grips
    Handlebars
    Head stem
    Headset
    Headset bolt
    Headset top cap
    Pedals
    Rear derailleur
    Saddle
    Seatpost
    Seatpost clamp
    Skewers
    Spare spokes
    Tyres
    Wheels
    Inner tubes
    Protection tape

    January 13, 2018 at 11:10 am #909711
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    ChrisB200SX

    Personally I’d break-down the

    Personally I’d break-down the Frameset into a sublist with constituent elements and the same for Wheels, which would then include optionals like inner tubes or sealant, etc.

    January 13, 2018 at 9:31 am #909709
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    ClubSmed

    alansmurphy wrote:

    alansmurphy wrote:
    SpikeBike wrote:

    alansmurphy wrote:
    Spike, is a Garmin mount a bigger requirement than inner tubes 🙂

     

     

    The advantages of tubeless tyres but I still carry tubes………just in case

    Nice swerve 🙂

    You’ll need to add the sealant and gunk to the list then (if you can’t tell, I don’t run tubeless)…


    No swerve, tyre sealant was clearly on the original list under tools

    January 12, 2018 at 10:57 pm #909707
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    alansmurphy

    SpikeBike wrote:

    SpikeBike wrote:

    alansmurphy wrote:
    Spike, is a Garmin mount a bigger requirement than inner tubes 🙂

     

     

    The advantages of tubeless tyres but I still carry tubes………just in case

    Nice swerve 🙂

    You’ll need to add the sealant and gunk to the list then (if you can’t tell, I don’t run tubeless)…

    January 12, 2018 at 10:45 pm #909705
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    centurion48

    Torque wrench

    Torque wrench

    Star-nut setter

    Tape measure (you did measure your old bike, didn’t you?)

    Zen and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance (or Barnetts)

    Bike lights

     

    January 12, 2018 at 4:16 pm #909703
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    LastBoyScout
    SpikeBike wrote:
    The advantages of tubeless tyres but I still carry tubes………just in case
    • Track pump – tubeless is all very well, but airless is quite another 😀
    • Hydraulic fluid and bleed kit for disk brakes
    • Torx 25 bit for brake rotors.
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