Originally Posted by
General Geoff
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.
I'm not looking to make the best value for money bike that I can, I will be paying a premium for bling in some instances.
And if a manufacturer that also sells just the frame, usually sells the whole bike with Shimano Acera level components, then it becomes a simple matter to go instead with Shimano XT on just about everything there.
Probably the biggest obstacle I am wrestling with, is the frame colour, as effectively there are 4 choices, between models that also either come as a rim brake model or a disc brake model.
Unfortunately the colour I like best is on the rim brake model, so decisions, decisions . . . . . . .