Originally Posted by br995
I don't necessarily agree. Building one is the best way to learn about bikes; how to maintain them specifically. Not to mention it's fun
Though I just spent spent part of my night regreasing various parts of my bike.
But if a person has never tinkered with a bike before or not a tinkerer by nature, I think it's a bad idea to build one from the frame up. Conversions are easy, but not to someone who's never tinkered before.