Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Why don't you supervise the kid do his own work, either at your house or his house.
If he can decide he wants a CF frame, then he should be able to build it up himself.
I'm not sure I'd use your Shimano Claris as the basis of a new CF build. It should be ok, but he may not ever be satisfied with it.
That's a good suggestion. The idea of doing another build got me excited, but hell I think this is going to be a Pain in the Arse.
I wanted to charge him something to put up a barrier (so he doesn't want to get something done for the hell of it) getting him to do it is an even better barrier.
The kids okay, just from a large family so can't get everything he wants.