How to assemble a bicycle if you purchased it from an online bicycle store.
Nowadays, most people who know what they want prefer to buy bicycles and bicycle parts online. This method is probably the most popular at the moment because it saves money and time. After all, prices in bike shops in Austria and Germany are often much higher than in specialized online bike shops.
But at the same time, buying a bike online also brings quite a few complications, one of the main ones being that your bike comes to you in a karton box. To fully assemble a bicycle, a professional mechanic needs from 40 minutes to an hour and a half and at least 10 different specialized tools. If you want to assemble a bike out of the box yourself, we recommend that you be patient and have all the necessary tools.
Or use our mobile bike workshop service. A professional bicycle mechanic will assemble the bicycle you purchased online at your home for a reasonable price.
The cost of our assembly services ranges from 49 to 79 euros, depending on the complexity of the bicycle model.
In order to orient you to the fact that during the assembly process you may encounter certain difficulties, we wrote this article.
So, when you take the bike out of the box, you will most likely see a frame with one wheel, a second wheel in the box, a removed handlebar, pedals and other components. It would seem that 15 minutes is enough to unpack and twist it all. But no, most often it won’t work out that way.
What problems can you expect when assembling a bicycle?
- Untuned gear shifting
- Flat tires
- Damaged or bent components (rear derailleur hook, wheel spokes)
- Loose bolts on the main components of the bicycle
- Some components have been removed from the bike for transportation.
- Untuned cones in wheel hubs
- Loose bicycle headset
and so on
If you have experience setting up a bike from scratch and knowledge of all the specified problems, this will not pose any particular difficulties during assembly. But if this incomplete list horrifies you, we recommend that you contact us and we will assemble your bike, point out factory defects and eliminate them.
If you bought a children’s bicycle in an online store and it arrived in a factory box, the work on assembling it can take up to 30 minutes, if it is a simple model for the little ones. But at the same time, small bikes can be just as problematic for a bike mechanic as adult bikes.
Bike from the box assembly time
Assembling a mountain or city bike for adults takes from 40 to 60 minutes with diagnostics and a test drive.
Assembling a road bike or gravel bike takes 60 minutes or more due to the lengthy procedure of winding the tape on the handlebars.
Separately, it is worth considering the assembly of modern electric bicycles. Their assembly can last from 60 to 90 minutes due to the complexity of the components (wiring the adjustable seatpost, wiring the cables to the fork and shock absorber, etc.)
The easiest way to find out the approximate cost of assembling your bike is to write us in the contact form below, by email or WhatsApp. Tell us the full name of the bike model and we will tell you the exact cost of assembling the bike out of the box.
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