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1. dropoff - Member

   Excluding building the wheels, about two hours and one nice bottle of merlot should see a bike built. no?

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. spock - Member

   Yea, I've managed an Hour and a bit in a rush but 2 hours sounds about right

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. tommid - Member

   No more than an hour build and an hour tuning the radio, drinking the wine and trying to find the copper grease.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. bassspine - Member

   sounds like a very pleasant evening. Did it take two hours?

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. chojin - Member

   pics or it didn't happen :p

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. rOcKeTdOg - Member

   2 hours if you are building the wheels too (if you're not it's assembling a bike not building one)

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. takisawa2 - Member

   I'm seeing a bottle of merlot lying on its side, amongst tools & off cuts of cable. And a sleeping bloke, draped over a half built bike.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. dropoff - Member

   Nice comments, great vision takisawa. This was purely hypothetical, normally takes me an hour or so to "assemble" a bike, unfortunately it's gonna be a while before I have that sort of money.

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. Northwind - Member

   Takes me longer than that... But it's such a nice way to spend time, kick back, relax. This thread is a bit like hearing a man boast about how little time it takes him to orgasm and fall asleep

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. bassspine - Member

    In the shop, from bike in box to bike ready takes about 30 minutes. If it's a pile of parts then it takes longer...

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. jojoA1 - Member

    I'm just chuffed that I managed to perform my first bit of home fettlement EVER by cleaning my headset bearings whilst imbibing a nice cup of Scottish Blend tea in less than four hours.

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. hairyscary - Member

    It's still in pieces!

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. bassspine - Member

    jojoA1 - Member

    I'm just chuffed that I managed to perform my first bit of home fettlement EVER by cleaning my headset bearings whilst imbibing a nice cup of Scottish Blend tea in less than four hours.

    Adamx likes this

    1) tea
    2) home fettling
    3) it's NOT rocket science it's bicycle science

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. Skyline-GTR - Member

    Time isn't a factor when I build a bike. I just keep going til I get it where I want it to be. Nothing short of perfect.
    Otherwise, what's the point?

    Posted 1 year ago #
15. jojoA1 - Member

    Oi, Hairy, only not re-fettled because the bearings are shagged as well you know!!

    Posted 1 year ago #
16. andrewh - Member

    2 hours if you are building the wheels too (if you're not it's assembling a bike not building one)

    Putting some pre-built wheels into a frame & forks is just assembling a bike.
    USing a rim, hub and psokes made by others is merely assembling too surely?
    Start with some tubes and a welder. Is that building, or assembling?

    I can build bikes, but if someone gave me an iron-ore mine and a rubber tree and told me to go ahead I'd be a bit stumped.

    Posted 1 year ago #
17. samuri - Member

    building a bike that fast sounds like a job, not a pleasure. But each to their own.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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