Road Bike Build

WilcoYHF

Hi All,

I have an 5-10 yr old Giant OCR that is in ok condition but I want to strip it down and rebuild from scratch mainly to get to know all the different parts of a road bike.

Any advice before I do it? Am I mad?

gman2k

WilcoYHF wrote: »

Hi All,

I have an 5-10 yr old Giant OCR that is in ok condition but I want to strip it down and rebuild from scratch mainly to get to know all the different parts of a road bike.

Any advice before I do it? Am I mad?

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ftgu06

if you decide to strip bike you will find it simple to strip down and not as straight forward to re build , the other poster is right you will not rebuild a bike with your run of the mill workshop tools you will need bicycle tools , chain reaction have some ok tool kits for the home mechanic but there is no substitute for experience have a chat with someone that has the tools and experience in stripping and rebuilding bikes ie someone from your local cycling club , personally I don't think I would strip a bicycle for the sake of doing it you are not going to learn alot probably end up sorry you started it in first place , my advice talk to someone who knows what the are doing first anyway good luck with ever you decide

petethedrummer

WilcoYHF wrote: »

Any advice before I do it?

Just fix problems as they occur.

Do you have another bike to cycle if this goes t!ts up?

WilcoYHF

Yes I have another bike which is why I'm thinking of doing this. It will allow me to build up a collection of tools that may come in handy in the future.