Originally Posted by oneredstar
The shop I work for charges $25 to assemble a bike, this is a basic assembly. You would have to spend an additional $40 to get it fully tuned up, which it will need, even if it is brand new. I may work for one of the better shops, but ever wheel is trued, every cone is adjusted, and everything on a bike is adjusted to work properly.
A bike is easy to assemble if you are a professional mechanic, or if you have no idea how well a properly adjusted bike should feel.
Exactly. The bike comes pretty much assembled. The most they have to put on is the handle bar, front wheel and some other small bits and tune the derailleurs + adjust the brakes.