Building From scratch

That frame is good but it would leave you with £140 to spend on everything else.

TBH theres little point getting a wheelset built up from entry level hubs. Either invest more money and get Miche or even Goldtechs on better rims-dt 1.1's or mavic open pros or cxp 33's or just buy an otp wheelset and save yourself the money you will spend on assembly and looking for cheap spokes.

If you buy an arrspok, again you would blow more than half your budget on a piece of doo doo.

As with the rest of the parts you cant really second guess things like 'second hand nitto' you should wait and see what comes up.

£500 will build you a very nice bike out of second hand parts which you will need to spend time looking for. If you blow it on brand new shiny bits your not going to have quality where you need it most.

that is an audax frame, meant for gears.

your total build inc. aerospoke will be way over 800

ok thanks for the reality check :) ok scrap the aerospoke and get a decent pair of wheels (il just have to wait and see what comes up for sale) same as for the components, any one recomend a good track frame? for preferably under £300

The GT frame in classifieds atm is sweeeet, think its offers over £280.

Just wanted to know if a-head stems are all reversible?
as in if is says 10degrees, can i make it -10 by turning it upside down?
I cant tell as the pics on wiggle etc dont show the steerer hole. (if theres only one way of putting it on)

much appreciated

bit of a random place to post that q ^

@buzz- yeah all a-head stems can be fitted either way up

bit of a random place to post that q ^

i'm still in 'the nursery'... cant start new post. thought this would be best place.

cool thanks harv.

Hehe fair enough, oh and guys how do i figure out 'bike fit' im about 5' 10" if that helps, any links showing me how would be useful!

Will :)

To be honest matey I'd be tempted to stick around and see what people are selling on here

Most of us tend to accumulate bike parts like squirrels store nuts

Then our women folk get fed up of living in a bicycle workshop

Withhold sex

Forcing us to part with all our little gems

Not being funny

but I could build you a bike by tomorrow

with the stuff I have tucked away

^ classic and pure true

Haha, i think thats what il do, slowly accumilate parts people are selling on here, there must be at least 5 new different things being sold a day on here its like the bay! but Frame is first priority and i want it to either be Cro-mo or classy looking (vintage), nothing that catches my eye on here at the moment and i need to find out what size i need (PLEASE HELP!)

Thanks guys (Smiling budha!),
Will

you don't know what size you need?? frist problem

I have a nice alu track frame in 55cm

PM me for details

im about 5' 10"

so you need a 51cm 52cm, me thinks

il measure myself properly tommorrow so i can get a good idea :) thanks for the advice

would £300 be a reasonable price to put towards wheels?
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread20075.html - drop dead gorgeous!

I'm also up for building my GF a secret 'parts-from-the-forum' SS but without hauling her to a shop to measure her. Any idea what frame size to get a 5'11 girl with 36" inside leg?

Thanks in advance.

BTW They are lovely wheels.

how you know the inside leg??? ;)

Erm... she's my girlfriend? I get to look at them everyday.

5 11 with a 36 inch inside leg. jesus christ. i'm 6 foot 3 and mine isnt that, my legs must be stumps.

Women generally have longer legs relative to their height. And 5'11 is pretty tall for a girl.

ok measured my self im 5' 10" and have a 33" inside leg

54/55

@ Rocker9455

Nitto Dynamic is a nice stem. I have on on mine, and it looks better than the Pearls. takes a standard road bar.
For a 1 inch quill stem you need a frame with 1 inch threaded forks and a 1 inch threaded headset. 1 inch is the standard size for threaded headsets.

At 33 inside you need a 54 frame probably.