first post...

building up a bike island frame right now. first time i've built a bike from scratch. thought it would be cheap, boy was i wrong.

i've been riding a overly large '75 sekai conversion for the last 6yrs...great bike with lots of nostalgia (it was my pops when he was in grad school).

i'm worried that the 55cm frame is going to be a bit small for me. standover is good, but i haven't been on it with a stem/bars yet.

as far as the stems go have any of you using shims on the 1" steerer ever had problems? also, what crank/BB combo are you guys running to get close to 42cm? i'm going with the sugino xd crankset and was wondering if it requires a 103 or 107mm bb.

lots of questions. thanks and hello...