- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Tubeless valves
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
forum
Planet X self builds?
Has anyone bought one of these? They seem really good value on first glance, especially the London Road ones.
Why do think they're selling them like this? I can't imagine they spend £200 in labour costs putting them together themselves. The only tricky part in building bikes in my experience is getting the gears and brakes working nicely.
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
Latest Forum Topics
Latest Comments
- Barraob1 1 hour 48 min ago
"The cyber truck of brifters" so a vanity project designed by an idiot for sycophants
- Smoggysteve 4 hours 19 min ago
If a chain comes off and gets stuck. That has absolutely zero to do with the frame. ...
- lesterama 4 hours 50 min ago
Just don't turn up at road races expecting to ride it.
- Richbeck 5 hours 8 min ago
Take a look at spa cycles - plenty of choice and options.
- anke2 6 hours 44 min ago
Just for a perspective:...
- brooksby 7 hours 6 min ago
Asking the Bristol Post to do actual journalism? Ha! That's a good one!
- mdavidford 11 hours 41 min ago
They were handed the victory on a Platea?
- chrisonabike 12 hours 20 min ago
I think the former is a fair summary. What's available guides buyers' choices BUT the common choices are reflected by the market here **....
- Dadams7378 13 hours 15 min ago
I'm not sure I agree they are 'promoting' this. It is a review, so unless you're suggesting the reviewer is biased towards Fizik, then it isn't a...
Add new comment
2 comments
They've just fired a third of their work force...maybe they haven't got enough people left to build them up....
Maybe they have a shortage of the finishing parts and it's a way of still getting bikes out the door and doing full builds with the few they have. Probably saves a fair bit as items can just be kept in the packaging they arrived in rather than be unpacked, built, taken down again and then repacked, no need to fine tune anything. No bleeding hydro brakes, no gently fitting seatpost to avoid scratches, no wrapping bar tape.....