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shelled out well north of £60 on sundry essentials such as cable, bar tape, chain, new bottom bracket
This merely demonstrates the paucity of your parts bin. The trick is to buy extras of exactly those things when you see them on offer.
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The 'cheap parts bin build' is a myth, isn't it?
Oh totally. No such thing. Still tell myself that though, and to be honest gathering parts and planning the build is as much fun as actually riding it.
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Hah £60?!? Bargain.
Try “oh the steerer is too short for my new frame”. Suspension fork steerer. Though semi expected…
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Whenever I’ve intended to build up a parts bin bike, I invariably end up just buying a nicer set of cranks, better levers anyway, and the shit parts stay in the box
I’m currently in the process of just a build in fact.
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It's where you draw the line.
That line though, is it drawn in concrete (cement is the right term) or sand!?!?!?
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The 'cheap parts bin build' is a myth, isn't it? Thought I had everything I needed for the latest project and I've still shelled out well north of £60 on sundry essentials such as cable, bar tape, chain, new bottom bracket, etc. That’s before even considering whether I ought to swap out the forks, headset and stem. And maybe the bars...