I recently built a bike with 8-speed XT bits that were gathered in a leisurely fashion, mostly from the bay, along with this and that from the list and from my boxes. Each individual transaction seemed cheap, and I was careful never to total the costs, therefore the build was cheap. QED.
Actually, I *think* I'm at $400 or slightly north for all the parts. I scored a really, really cheap deal on some new wheels (Shimano/Mavic Open, which needed touching up) on the bay, which included shipping, and maybe the sweetest part was a beautiful XTR seat post I got for $15 because of some scratches on the back, which are completely covered by the seat bag. I think that was a successful build. $600 all in with the frame, thanks to a lister in LA who picked up the frame and shuttled it to San Diego a few weeks later. Great experience. $600 isn't throw-away coin, but I think there's value there. What's the total cost of the Riv build? https://www.flickr.com/photos/pbridge1300/16899727095/in/datetaken/ complete with wrong-side brake levers ... I'll have to swap them one of these days. ~pb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
