Just built my first bike, initially I planned to source all the bits second hand but after days of watching Ebay auctions only to see stuff go for silly money along with equally silly postage charges I started looking around on-line.
Enter Merlin Cycles, ordered everything brand new last Saturday night, Sunday morning and Monday morning (after an email reply at 0900) and the whole lot was delivered for FREE on Tuesday morning.
I reckon it's cost me £20 more than I would have had to pay for s/h parts, not to mention a lot less hassle and a feeling that christmas had come early when I was opening all the stuff!
So a big thank you to Merlin for top drawer service and competitive pricing 🙂