Thread: Cost to assemble a bike from the frame up?
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Old 08-31-15 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DrIsotope
The money you'd spend having a shop build it would be much better spent on a full set of bike mechanic's tools, and DIY. I just stripped my bike down to the frame in about 2 hours-- it's a really simple process.
Well the laws of entropy suggest disassembling will be quicker and easier the establishing the various systems that a bike is made of when built up. BTW a shop doing the tear down wouldn't have needed 2 hours unless the customer traffic was distracting. Andy.
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