Nick:
I hope this is a troll, but if not, please pay attention to the following.
Unless you are very smart and have access to a wide variety of specialized bicycle tools, the
purchase of a frame with the intent of building it up yourself is an exercise in frustration and
overspending for someone as obviously inexperienced in this as you are. In order for your to build
up a frame with, say, Ultegra level components, the build kit alone will be about $800 to $900
dollars (from mail-order, more from your lbs) - and you haven't had the headset and bb shell
chased/faced and bb/fork installed, much less gone back to your lbs seven times for the right size
this or that (at lbs prices).
Realize that unless you buy a very expensive frame, kitting it out will cost you at least two to
three times what you paid for the frame.
If you are already in possession of the frame, you need to seriously consider having someone build
it up for you - at a minimum, you need to have someone else install the headset/fork and bb/crank.
There are machining operations required by these installations that you don't want to do.
Hey, good luck - I also built my own from a frame I bought off e-bay - but I had/have a lot more
experience than you currently have. Take your time, ask a lot of questions of those who know (lbs,
the rec), and don't get discouraged when you make that seventeenth trip to the lbs.
App
"Nick Forwood" <
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> Ok. Ive contacted the seller and it's apaprently a 56cm frame.
>
> The story behind the frame is that I thought it would be good to build my own bike and I went a
> bit crazy when i saw this frame on ebay.
>
>
> >It would seem odd, to say the least, that you have purchased a frame and are unable to discover
> >what size wheels it was designed for. Ask the seller.