Originally Posted by
Landgolier
If you're going to buy nice stuff, put it together right. You can save money doing it wrong, but why?
My IRO's BB was close to being OK, but the head tube was not. Quite a bit of metal was shaved off to make the ends parallel.
Spend the $$$(beers) to get the frame right. You'll thank yourself later.
BTW, Don't look at your frameset too long. The paint will flake off(in fear of you
).
Originally Posted by
jayrooney
i "installed" my headset with a rubber mallet. no frame prep.
to install the fork race, i drilled a 1" hole in a 2x4 and pounded around until it went on.
it's sounds crude, but i did it carefully and everything is smoooooth.
Remind me to
not have you do my next build
.