Originally Posted by
cpach
If you do this, as a pro mechanic, PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE ORIGINAL BOX. Your preassembly does NOT help--it just means more to check. Mechanics have a routine on new builds and will be faster and more consistant if they can just keep to it, rather than checking to make sure nothing was done wrong.
We had a guy come in with a partially built cyclocross bike from Bikes Direct, the cables cut and attached and dragging the works on the floor like a daisy chain. Needless to say, it cost more to disassemble his work and add new cable and housing.