Sup stole my bike and I need a new one

spaghetti · September 25, 2018, 7:41pm

drivetrain tech has gotten so good and has trickled far down. old steel bike with modern shifty bits > nice complete from 10 years ago

Dickason_Daniel · September 25, 2018, 7:48pm

Aren’t road bikes dirt cheap now? Since everyone wants bigger tires and discs?

iwillbe · September 25, 2018, 7:51pm

There’s a pretty sweet pricepoint occupied by carbon bikes with 105 components, that’s for sure. If I fit on normal human sized bikes I’d be all over it.

jdsmooth · September 26, 2018, 6:32pm

I put priority on things I’m constantly touching: brake levers/shifters, pedals, saddle, bars. I’m happy with a 10s drivetrain, so I don’t spend much there. Cheap Ultegra/105 parts do fine. I don’t spend much on stems, posts, etc. Kalloy, Origin8, or Ritchey on the high end.
Wheels: I use a $200 WH-RS610 wheelset for reckless times. Fancy wheels are $400 1500g alloy things, akin to these: HUNT RACE AERO WIDE.
If building my own, DT R460 + Sapim Race + ≥105/Bitex/equivalent hubs.

Jacobell · October 3, 2018, 4:45am

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/6711841443.html

Do I buy this for drastically lower than posted price and throw away everything except the frame?

Bearpants · October 3, 2018, 7:11am

I’ll take those wheels if you’re just chuckin em.

ant · October 3, 2018, 12:01pm

an update:
i found a Columbus tubbed frame with a kinda ugly paint job for cheap
gonna spend the $$ on the shifty and pedally bits
gonna need a fork, still debating which direction to go with that

i just want to get this thing together before weather starts getting gross if possible

anyone tried vinyl wrapping a frame?

iwillbe · October 3, 2018, 2:07pm

I think vinyl wrap gets done, it looks not amazing unless you’re pretty good at cutting and applying very even tension while setting.

People have had a lot of luck with Plastidip, though.

ant · October 3, 2018, 2:37pm

i need to do some more looking into that, seems a lot easier

jdsmooth · October 3, 2018, 2:46pm

throw away the ergos, sell the thomson, and yeah. i really like gunnars.

ant · December 28, 2018, 5:13am

status of my budgetbike.org/kanyeshrug. Kinda started out with something else in mind but this is what I am piecing together for now.

starting to look like a bike

Rusty_Piton · December 28, 2018, 3:24pm

That thing looks pretty sweet. Do you know what the tubing is?

LASER_BEIGE · December 28, 2018, 4:36pm

Prob some Columbus
I’ve always wanted one of those univegas

spaghetti · December 28, 2018, 8:46pm

i had the marin version for awhile in 2012. really liked it, bummed i sold it. was columbus. zona maybe? idr

ant · December 28, 2018, 9:55pm

yea Columbus
my only concern is that the fork I picked up has a shorter steer tube than i had hoped. I have a feeling I’ll have to grab a different one if it doesn’t

Rusty_Piton · December 28, 2018, 10:01pm

No specific tubing sticker? It looks like Gara which is what my Olmo was made of. If it is, you’re in for something special!

spaghetti · December 28, 2018, 10:23pm

this was the bike i had (in 57cm or whatever)

my understanding was that theyre the same bike w diff forks

viggen · December 28, 2018, 10:39pm

That will be one rad looking bike if built with the proper knowledge of Tarck™ at your disposal.

ant · December 28, 2018, 10:41pm

The sticker on it

Rusty_Piton · December 28, 2018, 10:59pm

Now that Ryan is dropping info, I think the Olmo was zona not gara. Now I’m confused!
Did that sticker say thron?