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Good to support local shops. I try to build my bikes myself, mainly so that I can fix things when they go wrong. But also because I'm tight - that groupset cost more than I've ever spent on buying a whole bike before.
cjr-
I know. LBS ftw.
I've built enough bikes and repaired enough bikes to know I can't be fucked building them, especially not in a small flat with no workstand. If there was some new tech on it, I'd learn how to service it but it's basically gonna be the same shit I've been working on for the last 3 years. Di2 hydro
I could save some money DIY but I've got enough on my plate without putting bikes together as well and it's insurance money so I don't really care about the cost, which is why I upgraded my rear hub and will go DA rather than Ultegra this time (probably, unless my old old Ultegra deraillers work for now, not sure yet).
hippy
I'm getting Woolseys in Acton to build the bike for me. They're good to me so I don't mind throwing them a bit of work when I can and I can't be arsed taking it/collecting it from Scherrit (although he's building my wheel for it).