what is sufficient time for a bike to be built? My frame and parts were on the board to be built last friday so would today be a good day to chime in and check if it is done?
LBS question
- Thread starter greenchris
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depends on how busy the shop is... but my roadie took 1 work day... arrived on wednesday, built thursday, I rode it thursday night.
im hoping today its finally ready i had to have a front wheel built which has been holding up the process.
It wouldn't be unreasonable to check in on it and ask for a completion date. You should have been given an estimated completion date when the parts came in. 
i should have but because the wheel had to be built and the owner/wheelbuilder went out of town for a week put a big pause on the situation
My Dawg took about 3 hours to build. I think it depends on who's building it, how busy they are, and how good of a customer you are.
depending on the time of year my (old) lbs could go from a day to 2 weeks.
a week would be maximum
I don't know what calling would hurt. If they get bugged by that, find a new shop. It's ok to ask for, or expect a certain level of service.
I have never had a shop build an entire bike for me, but the shop helped me put my Bullit together. I did a lot of the easy stuff and got pointers on some stuff, while they faced the headtube and bottom bracket. I had one guy help me bleed the brakes, but I did most of the work. I think it was like 2 hours total build time.