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ORDERING A BIKE
I will need your height, weight and inseam (without shoes). You will need: a tape measure, two paint sticks, and a friend.
Height: Stand with your back to a wall (with feet spread apart 1 foot). Put a paint stick level on top of your head and have your friend measure from ground to stick.
Inseam: Stand straight with feet spread apart 1 foot. Sandwich tape measure between the 2 paint sticks. Pull sticks up crotch (firmly up to bone). Have your friend pull tape to ground and measure. Do this three times and take an average.
Weight: Stand on scale.
I will need to know your current road bike's measurements. (Center to center in inches or millimeters.)
Top Tube: From head tube/top tube junction to top tube/seat tube junction. (If you have a sloping top tube, measure level with ground to seat post).
Seat Tube: From center of bottom bracket to center of seat tube/top tube junction.
Drop: (Bottom bracket below wheel axle) Measure from ground to center of wheel axle. Measure from ground to center of bottom bracket. Subtract bottom bracket measurement from wheel measurement = drop. (Should be in a range of 55 to 80 mm/2 1/4 - 3 1/4 inches).
Stem: Length, rise/drop and type (quill/threadless).
Handlebar Type: drop bar, flat bar, swept back, etc.
Wheel and Tire Size: 700c, 26 in, etc
I can build your bicycle in most any way you like, but I need to know ALL the details of what you want. Please answer as many of the following questions as you can and email them to me along with your measurements.
Type of bike and style? {handlebar position etc...}
Wheel and tire size?
Type of gearing?
Type of brakes?
Rear wheel spacing?
Headset type and steering tube size?
Are you planning on buying a frame and using your old parts? I will need to know all the details of your parts.
Once you and I work out all the details of your order I will send you a quote for all the work done, including shipping. If the quote looks good, then you will send me a deposit for half the total. I do not accept credit cards. I only accept personal/business checks or money orders, made out to Alternative Needs Transportation. Mail checks to: ANT, 24 Water St., Holliston, MA 01746.
If you like, you and I can work through your local bicycle shop, which you could then pay with your credit card.
Current lead times are around 10 months from receipt of a $500 deposit.
I use UPS ground shipment. Prices vary from east coast to west coast etc... Frames and forks range from $30 to $50. Complete bikes range from $40 to $100. Racks and baskets range from $15 to $40.
I am in the shop Monday through Friday 8:30am to 6 pm EST. Please feel free to call 508-429-3350 or email for any questions. If I do not pick up the phone, please leave a message and I will get back to you shortly {please leave your number slowly and with a time zone}.
If you are local and would like to come by for a personal fitting, please call and make an appointment. It is best if you can bring your current bicycle.
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