putting together my dream Schlumpf 36er
Congrats Ben! I am so darn ready to make that call. I too will go through Silva Cycle based on references from John Foss, UniGeezer, Corbin, yourself and so many others. I have added a (rather long and drawn out) post in the “How to order a Schlumpf hub” thread. Rather than having you read it twice, I will add a link (below) and ask you to kindly read it when you get a chance. Any advice you may provide would be greatly appreciated.
My question for your thread has more to do with the Logistics of placing the order itself. Josh at UDC did a great job building my Impulse. It was out of the box and assembled (finish airing up the tire, clamp on the seatpost, & add pedals) in minutes. Can I expect that kind of “one stop shopping” simplicity from Silva? When he builds my wheel, will he put on a tube & tire? Will he go ahead and mount it on my frame and tighten the bearing holders to spec like Josh did? Can he bleed the brakes (if I decide on Magura rim brakes) or better yet, could I have MountainUni drop ship Silva a kit to install Sinz cranks and a disc brake? Or do I need to go from Switzerland to California, Georgia to California, California to Boston, and from Boston to my LBS here in Kentucky? Logistics!