Originally Posted by
ColonelSanders
It is part of the joy of being into bikes.
Later on this year I will be building up a bike from a frame/fork combo and I then get to fret over everything, from whether it will be 10 or 11speed, the crank, the derailleurs, the pedals, the head set, the stem, the handlebars, the seatpost, etc.
So much fretting I will be doing, to make sure I can get it as "perfect" as I can.

I've considered doing a scratch build before, but the problem I keep having is that I simply don't have enough experience with enough different components to make a decision that's confidently better-informed than a bike manufacturer's.