Build Your Own Road Bike Guide

For those building an all road or gravel bike larger sprockets and sub compact cranks will be a necessity not only for tackling unpaved roads but for contending with the effect of larger tyres.

Build your own road bike guide.

Rear dropouts this is where your rear wheel s hub fits into the frame. This determines what rear wheel and hub is compatible with your frame. It assumes that you have tinkered with your bike but are not an expert. Since we re going the budget route we ll throw out the high end options like cabron fibre titanium and focus on the two most common frame materials.

Vintage bikes are often 126mm and fixed gear track frames are 120mm. Pull out saddle seat post and bike frame setting aside the black owners information folder and small parts box. The frame 200 300. This is a guide to building up a bike from parts.

130mm wide on road bikes and 135mm wide on mountain bikes. Build your own road bike. It should help you get the parts and tools you need to get you pedalling along in no time. Open by slicing through the stickers covering the tabs on the top of the box be careful to keep the box intact and hold on to the packing materials as you can use it for future shipping of your bike.

Here are some common bike frame standards you will have to pay attention to when preparing your own build. Open up your new bike.