Who knows the order in which to build...?

Question

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?

Thanks

Answer 1

This may help, a guy made an instructable about building one.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Why-buil...

Check out my instructable.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Very-Eas...

  

Answer 2

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.  

Answer 3

I'm going to presume your building a bike from the very, very beginning. I'd also recommend that you get your frame 'prepped’ (faced and re-tapped) by a pro bike mechanic, even if it‘s a new frame. Below is the order I prefer to build a build. Also, and this is strong recommendation, use anti-cease when s******g in  anything threaded and grease (the green stuff from shimano is good) on anything that rotates, bearings for example.

I'm not going to go into positioning and tuning of brakes and mechs, it's too big of a topic. I hope you're not building a hydraulic disk brake bike. lol

Assemble the headset into the frame

Inset the fork

While holding the fork in the headtube with one hand stack the required spacers onto with the other

Place the handle bar stem on top of the spacers

s***w down the top cap tight enough so that you can be confident that the spacers and stem are tightly stacked onto the headset

Tighten the pinch-bolts for the handlebar stem just enough to hold it into position (but don't torque it up all the way yet)

assemble the handlebars onto the stem and lightly tighten the stem bolts (just enough to hold the handle bars in place)

Next assemble the equipment onto the handle bars (levers and shifters - position them roughly for now)

then put the bar tape or handle bar grips on

Assemble the cassette onto the rear wheel

At this point you can put the wheels on the bike and take it out of any work stand you are using.

Now you can stand over the bike frame and adjust the angles of the handle bars, wheel alignment, lever shifter position and grip position as necessary (and in that order - torquing bolts up as you go)

Put the bike back in the stand

assemble the bottom bracket then chainset into the bottom bracket

Put the peddles into the crank arms

Put the front mech into position

s***w the rear mech into position

Put the bike chain on (cut the correct length)

assemble the brakes onto the frame then the pads onto the brakes

Cable and tune everything up and you're away!!

Ohh yeah, the saddle and seat post.

whoop whoop!

Here's your shopping list

A good and varied selection of GOOD QUALITY allen keys

index cutters

3rd hand tool (optional)

brake and gear cable

Brake and gear cable outer (housing) and the respective brake and gear cable outer ends

4 cable ferrules

A crimping tool

Insulation tape (if building a road bike)

Along with this you may also need some brand specific tools such as shimano’s cassette lock ring remover (and wrench) and bottom bracket extractors.

I think I’ve covered it all

Disclaimer

I accept no liability for your bike failing and you injuring you self as a result! lol

I've built and stripped and re-built and stripped and re-built many a bikes over the course of the past few years. I've gotten the stripping down and re-building of a bike to 6 hours, I do have access to a bike work shop though where I work so I have a distinct advantage. A professional mechanic would do this all in about 2-3 hours (4-5 hours if you include stripping down the bike for servicing first).

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

Headset then bottom bracket then chainwheel then wheels and brakes.

Answer 6

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.