Originally Posted by
mvallejo
Something I really should consider, however I am not sure I am knowledgable enough to put together an entire bike. I am decent at making repairs and adjustments, but really not sure how to do the cabling, set up derailers exactly right, etc.
I'm at your level of mechanical skill--finishing an LHT Disc Trucker build. Had LBS put on the headset & crankset since I was having them face the BB shell & head tube. New to discs & other little details like cables etc I had to keep going back to check for info (BikeForums helps a lot!). Taken some extra time but solved all problems so far. One can always put the bike together & then have a good mechanic check the derailleurs etc. Disc Trucker was (
AFAIK) a bit unusual in that buying components separately was about the same price as their stock kit, so I figured why not have the luxury of choosing the details.