Building from Scratch & need a little help.

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Permalink Reply by Chavao on July 9, 2009 at 7:46am

Have you heard about Ciclo Urbano (formerly West Town Bikes)?
You should check out this place, if you haven't already: Ciclo Urbano

Permalink Reply by Andrew T on July 9, 2009 at 9:35am

Thanks i def will!

Permalink Reply by Brendan Kevenides on July 10, 2009 at 3:04pm

The BB is no big deal. You'll be surprised at how simple it is. You just thread it in then tighten with the correct tool.

The headset is a bit trickier. Bike shops use a very expensive headset press to install the cups. However, you can make one for about $12. Here's a link. http://www.mindspring.com/~d.g1/headset.html I used this myself and it worked perfectly.

Permalink Reply by Andrew T on July 10, 2009 at 11:46pm

Brendan thanks.

I'll chrk out the link as soon as I get home I seen you can do it wish some large washers and a nut + bolt. Thanks for the info I really appreciate the help.

Permalink Reply by Andrew T on July 12, 2009 at 12:46pm

threadless

Permalink Reply by Andrew T on September 17, 2009 at 12:03pm

Thanks all for the help & suggestions! its actually been built for a little over a month now. Been to busy riding to post.

check it out if you care!

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Permalink Reply by mattbikes1 on September 20, 2009 at 11:46pm

Great looking bike! I am curious, did you build your own head set press or did you go to WTB?

Andrew T said:

Thanks all for the help & suggestions! its actually been built for a little over a month now. Been to busy riding to post.

check it out if you care!