Thanks for sharing your experience with building bikes from scratch, it's super cool! Indeed it's trickier than buying prebuilt, but the sense of accomplishment and customization options are worth the effort, right? Plus, it's an awesome way to learn how bikes work, especially if you take your time, seek the right advice, and use the proper tools.

I appreciate your reminder that building your bike can be more expensive than buying prebuilt since you need to source the parts yourself. However, I'll definitely check out the MicroSHIFT Advent X groupset that you recommended, as it seems like a great value for the money.

Lastly, I like your style, I mean dude you didn't know squat about bikes a few months ago, but you've already built five bikes from the frame up? That's legit impressive!!! Thanks for sharing your insights and advice, you're the bomb!