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Building a bike starting with a frame and adding components to it. If you're starting with tubes that's "framebuilding".
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What belt-drive compatible frame and belt-drive kit would you recommend?
I can't find a frame price, but there are good reviews on the Spot Coyote belt drive bikes, and the complete bike with belt drive is $1100 USD.
They also make Ti frames with the same idea, but higher …
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Building up a frame
No, I wouldn't build an old frame with new (even new old stock) parts, since the value of the complete build will be far less, generally, than you will spend on the parts to build it, and many of the parts … I'll pretty much guarantee you can buy a better fixie than you can build, for around the same cost.
All of these are things you have to weigh the value of for you personally. I wouldn't do it. …
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Building a road bike
Two options, first, if you want to really learn to a pro level, check out United Bicycle Institute, or a similar mechanics school. You will have to attend in person, but they are worth it, if you are …
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Wheel Build Questions for Those who have done it
Spoke wrench
Nipple driver
Truing stand
Tensiometer
Spoke prep or Linseed oil
The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt
You can, of course, jury rig a Truing stand as others have mentioned, and you can build …
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Is this a good road bike frameset to consider building for a 5'6" rider?
Since that is not the case, I would not spend the money to build a frame with no useful life left. … And last, if you build this frame, it is likely that you will have difficulty sourcing properly sized parts, or will have to compromise with shims and adaptors to make the build work. …
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Could paint build up on a bottom bracket be considered a warranty issue?
It is assumed that a qualified mechanic with appropriate tools available will be assembling the bike, and that preparation of the frame is simply one of the necessary steps in the build process. …
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How can I get started building a bicycle?
Check out the classes at bikeschool.com. Excellent frame building classes, and great mechanics classes as well.
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Shimano 105 early- to mid-1990s SLR groupset on eBay worth it for 70s SuperCycle rebuild?
For not much more than that ($600 dollars), you could put a new Tiagra 10 speed group on the bike. So in my opinion, no, that is not a good price for those components.
Even if they were unused, it w …
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Putting brakes from a fat frame onto a skinny frame
The difference is usually in the length of the threaded insert that goes in the frame, and that the caliper bolt threads into.
The inserts are available separately, and must be sized correctly for the …
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What fork size is 32mm (inside diameter on the frame) considered?
If you have a 32mm approximate head tube inside diameter, this is an 1 1/8" frame, assuming it is a standard headset design.
An 1 1/4" head tube would have approximately a 35mm inside diameter.
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