As others mentioned, you lost $1000 in your addition, and chose the spendiest parts possible (except for brake cables). A "statement" bike like that is automatically going to be overvalued, because you're buying prestige.
My Quickbeam is worth about $1500 to the right person, with the original wheels. Is it worth $2000 to me? Easily, since I won't sell it for that. Is it worth $3000? Absolutely not, but I might pass on that offer, too. I bought the complete bike because it was much cheaper than building it from a frameset. Still, I've had several different wheelsets on it, and replaced the bars and stem right away. My Ross is worth maybe $300 to someone who doesn't know about bikes. It's worth about $150 to me for the wheels, brakes, and saddle. My theoretical "dreamy" build: 1. Headset: ($45) Included with frame? 2. Stem ($50 - used steel salsa) 3. Handlebar ($70 Nitto RM-3 from Japan) 4. Grips and/or tape ($20) 5. Front/Rear caliper brakes & pads ($100 TRP ReVox or whatever's on hand) 6. Front/Rear brake levers ($20 or whatever's in the box) 7. Brake cables ($30) 8. BB ($25 Basic Shimano, or whatever I have on hand) 9. Crankset (ebay D/A triple $80 or whatever's on hand) 10. Pedals ($45 or whatever I have on hand) 11. Chain ($20) 12. Front wheel: ($100 or whatever's on hand) 13. Rear wheel and cog: ($150 or whatever's on hand) 14. Front/rear tires & tubes (38mm w/out fender, 32 w/fender) ($125 Compass, or whatever's on hand) 15. Seatpost: 27.2mm ($45) Included with frame? 16. Saddle ($75 used Brooks, or whatever's on hand) So... depending on your parts bin, a build kit can run from $120 to $920. Philip www.biketinker.com On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 11:41:25 AM UTC-8, tc wrote: > > Singlespeeders, is your single worth $2,000 to you? > > Assuming whatever the 'classic single' is to be, the frame with headset > and seatpost are included. Toying around with what a parts list would be, > and cost, assuming buying all new. Here's what I came up with doing a very > quick survey of pretty good parts: > > 1. Headset: ($150) Included with frame? > 2. Stem ($115) > 3. Handlebar ($125) > 4. Grips and/or tape ($50) > 5. Front/Rear caliper brakes & pads ($125) > 6. Front/Rear brake levers ($50) > 7. Brake cables and end caps ($20) > 8. Bottom bracket threaded English ($125) > 9. Single-speed Crank / spindle / arms $175 > 10. Pedals ($60) > 11. Chain ($20) > 12. Front wheel: rim, spokes, 100mm hub ($200) > 13. Rear wheel: rim, spokes, 120mm flip-flop hub (single or dingle?) ($200) > 14. Front/rear tires & tubes (38mm w/out fender, 32 w/fender) ($100) > 15. Seatpost: 27.2mm ($85) Included with frame? > 16. Saddle ($150) > > Total parts: $1,515 ($1,750 if headset and seatpost not included with > frame) > > Frame, headset, seatpost: $1,400 (?) > > Total bike & parts: ~ $1,915 > > Shipping: $170 East of Mississippi > > TOTAL bike, parts, shipping: ~ $2,085 > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
