Oh that’s clever
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@Rusty_Piton park looks to be dropping a cheaper lift stand
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The way some people live
2005 Richard Sachs, under 200 miles. Original owner. Been through a few build iterations…
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lol this was pretty much my road bike for a while until I finally just started riding it last year
Made a cost sheet instead of riding this morning. Should probably add a couple thousand bucks for labor and consulting given all the time it took to buy the parts, store them, and then build it.
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U set a bad precedent for yourself
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I thought the point of building from parts was so you never really knew the number
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This scares me, none of the individual costs are much and all seem very reasonable but they really do add up.
I have shitter bikes that I’m sure have cost much more and I do not want to know how much more.
Sometimes it’s fun to do the math. That’s how I realized I spent 6-7x on a late 80s Hardrock that originally cost $250. And that was just fine.
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never do the math, just buy the whole bike and go ride it.
Fourth option: buy a complete bike and replace all the parts. Could be placed anywhere in that distribution atmo.
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You buy the bike, replace the parts, then see you have a bunch of parts sitting around, so you buy a frame to put them on, but then you also need some more parts to finish that bike up.
And then by the time you’ve got those 2 bikes all built up, drivetrains have 1 more speed and head angles are 1 degree slacker, so you need to repeat the whole process.
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It me
truly a vicious cycle
I do a bike race
My bike isn’t quite perfect
Time to build a new bike
I’ll keep the old bike as backup
Now I have 5 backup bikes
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Great news my neighbor wanted a bike so I thought I finally found a use for the $10 1990s trek singletrack I bought out of someone’s garage and put dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars getting roadworthy again.
But now he wants me to replace the thumbies with trigger shifters. I may have to keep it instead.
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I buy a bike
I spend $$$ and time getting it dialled
I see a used one that’s longer lower slacker
I buy that bike, port parts on to it
I sell og bike for diminishing returns
Everyone profits 
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