How long does it take you?

[BikeNY]

As with most others it seems here, I don't rush it and take my time. My workshop area is rarely well organized, and I always seem to spend a bunch of time looking for a tool or part or length of cable housing I thought I had, but can't find. Then a trip to the LBS the next day for something I don't have or couldn't find. I do pretty much everything myself these days except build wheels and shorten hydraulic lines. I often don't even have all of the parts when I start building anyway. I also seem to be building a different style of bike every time, so it's never the same: road, gravel, MTN, bikepacker, etc...

As for front derailleurs, I've been moving away from them completely. If the 6 bikes in the stable, only 1 has a front derailleur still!

[SpokeValley]

Originally Posted by quickfeet

If I had my head down and was only thinking about riding in the afternoon, 2 hours for a frame up build. Usually I hover around 3-4 because I take the scenic route building my bikes... a good race on tv, food, a nap, etc

Agreed.

I take the scenic route as well and enjoy the journey. ~3-4 hours from the frame up.

[93KgBike]

Now that I have a gaggle of kids and only wrench for myself, 3 months to a year.

When I was getting paid to do it for others - Bikes costing less than $$$$, 30-50 mins ready to ride/race (or 8 -10 bikes a day, plus repairs, plus walk-ins). Bikes costing $$$$$ or more, 1 - 3 hours depending on cable-routing and whether the seat post needed to be cut, including bar tape, a test ride, and then a go-over-it-again.

I hear what nobuseri is saying about the FD, but always found factory tabs/specs were pretty dead-on as opposed to getting too fiddly about it. Tho' I was never at the races to hear a rider yelling, "cazzo di bici" about my work. I'll just assume it never happened.