Questions tagged [new-bicycle-assembly]

Related to preparing a partially-assembled bike for riding, tips and tricks, best practices, and common issues.

New bikes are often delivered partially assembled. A LBS would assemble them for display or the customer, but what if you bought online?

This tag also applies to a used bike that has been knocked-down for shipping, but does not cover assembly from scratch. Anything involving bearings should be tagged something else.

Related tags might include travellingwithabike or Transportation

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Assembly of New Bike

I purchased a new mountain bike online. As I understand it, new bikes are usually shipped only partially assembled, but I don't really know what to expect. Will it just be a matter of attaching large assemblies like pedals and handlebars, or…
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Trouble w/ Zycom Bike Clamp

I have a Zycom 1st balance bike and I’m trying to put it together with terrible instructions and common sense. Anyway the clamp that is supposed to go around the handle bars’ bar and the front wheel bar doesn’t fit around both. And then the the…
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Question on new bike assembly

If I order a Fat Bike online it will come in a box. Is the assembly hard to do for someone fairly good with their hands?
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