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Well i am building my own bike at the moment. I have the frame, i bought it today. And the guy who runs the bike shop, i know him well and he said i need headsets put in. So that is the next step for me, but does anyone know what is the next few things after installing the headsets? I'm going to presume your building a bike from the very, very beginning. I'd also recommend that you get your frame 'prepped鈥?(faced and re-tapped) by a pro bike mechanic, even if it鈥榮 a new frame. Below is the order I prefer to build a build. Also, and this is strong recommendation, use anti-cease when screwing in anything threaded and grease (the green stuff from shimano is good) on anything that rotates, bearings for example. you can really do it in any order you like. the bottom bracket needs to go in before the cranks can be fitted, and once the crank is in place the front derailleur can be set to the right hight ( about 2mm above the top ring). once the headset is in, forks can be put on and then the stem and handle bars can be put on. once the handle bars are on, brake levers and gear changers can be put on, and the grips if you like. then the gear cables can be set up. brakes and wheels go on last, and once they are on, you can roll around to get the gear cables and derailleurs set up so every gear is obtainable and no ghost shifting occurs. I finished building my bike about 2 weeks ago, i first put in the bottom bracket, the crankset, put on rear mech, then headset, forks, stem bars, wheels front mech and then chain. This may help, a guy made an instructable about building one. yep, what the guy above said, except i'd put on the fork before the wheels, also handlebar, seatpost, seat, brake levers, shifter levers, bar grips Headset then bottom bracket then chainwheel then wheels and brakes. |
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