On this week’s Bench Talk we start a series of shows on building a project bike! Coach Rob gets us started with a myriad of things to consider when building a project bike. Below are just a few items that Coach Rob covers on this first show in the series.

• Applying some basic project management principles when starting a project bike
  • Concept: What problems are you trying to solve with your new project bike?
  • Budget: How much do you want to spend?
  • Time: How much time to build and when you have to have it done
  • Tracking: Shopping list and task list
• Material Concerns
  • Carbon fiber, alloy, ti, steel or something even more exotic!
  • Pros and Cons
• Finish Concerns
  • Glossy, Satin, Matte or UV coating only
  • Pros and Cons
• Shop and shop some more
  • LBS vs E-commerce vs Custom Builder

The frame set discussed in this first show was provided by Irish Cycles and is call The Killeen Noir Edition.