Originally Posted by
datlas
As long as you have the right tools, I say go for it.
I am about to start on a winter build project. I am going to ask my LBS to install the headset and BB, mainly because I don't have a headset press or the tools to install a BB correctly....but everything else I am going to do myself.
You may wish to ask your LBS to at least install the headset/fork unless the frame already has it installed.
+1.
I've done most of my own builds, maintenance, etc since I started riding (beginning with a cheap old Schwinn 10sp helped that initial learning curve, that is till the headset ended up being loose BB without a carrier). The only thing I go to the LBS for any more is headsets on the steel frames since I don't have a press or good removal tools, and the occasional chasing of BB threads on old frames during the initial build.