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Originally Posted by lopealle
today is the big day im going to get sized for a bike. does it really cost that much to put a bike together? good thing a friend of mine does some serious mtn biking. he puts his bikes together all the time.
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if you have a few basic tools, and instructions (the park tool website is great for how-tos), you can do quite a bit. i built up a mtn bike a few years ago, and there were a few things that I had done at my local bike shop:
-headseat installation (needs a relatively expensive tool, and i didnt want to screw it up)
-bottom bracket installation ( i couldnt get it seated properly, so ended up going to the LBS)
stuff you could do yourself:
-install, adjust shifters and derailleurs
-install cranks/pedals/chain
-install cassette