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or just components that will do a much better job of things than the ones in the original spec..
but again, time and application give you the knowledge you need about parts. Then it's a budgeting matter - you get the best stuff you can afford. Again, my personal opinion is that your own build will achieve a far higher level of quality than an OTP costing the same amount, markedly so if you start with a second hand / "vintage" frame.
... this is fixed gear I'm talking about here by the way. A lot of considerations come from that. But if you're marketing a bike with a fixed gear capability - and at the moment that will be a massive part of the sell - the stuff you include in the build must be robust enough to deal with the demands fixed riding places on certain components.