Originally Posted by
IAmSam
Who is it that constantly talks people with no clue about working on bikes into buying them unassembled off the interwebz? When these guys then ask for assistance putting their bikes together, instead of castigating them, the Bikesdirect salesmen here should help them a lot more than telling them to take it to a shop. Or while selling them on what a great deal a Kilo is, at least alert them in advance to the hidden additional cost of paying to get their bike built and adjusted if they can't do it.
While I can kind of see what you're getting at, it takes remedial knowledge to put together a bike, especially a entry level fixed gear one.
Yes everything may not be dialed in perfectly, but you should be able to get it together.
I'm mechanically challenged and still managed to get my bike put together, dial in my brakes, and adjust the seat to what I thought was a reasonable level. And it's help up for the 600ish miles I've put on it thus far.
Google is also pretty useful for anything else. Learning to change tires, adjust chain tension, etc.