Originally Posted by
maddmaxx
What I ment to say in the earlier post is why don't "you" try the build yourself. If you have a problem or a difficult piece of the puzzel to do, the LBS will still be there to perform that task. This looks like one of those once in a lifetime (yea right I know the N+1 rule) builds and you can make it completely yours.
Me building the bike is an option that is off the table. Let's say I go with the Gunnar and assemble $2000 of parts. I can fight my way through installing part after part, adjusting each one, readjusting after the next step. Who knows how long it would take and what I would hack up. While I don't mind doing some simple things, I don't even enjoy doing some of this stuff ... like installing derailleurs, running cables, adjusting chain length, installing brakes. My LBS will assemble and tune all of them for $100. To me that sounds like a great deal!
Of all of the tempting aspects of which bike to purchase, and constructing a build kit of good deals on parts, I feel no temptation at all to build it myself.
I'm leaving that part of this process to DG!