[antibard]

I don't earn much and couldn't just go down to my LBS and walk out with a nice road bike.

So I've spent the last 2 years buying this bike 1 piece at a time. I started with the frame, which came from Italian ebay and cost me a princely €52 (plus €40 shipping) and have just kept grabbing what i though looked good as it came up.

I got all the SRAM rival stuff on ebay, in the middle of the night, on christmas eve, for a very silly price.

I'm so excited that it's finished and I've done a couple of 100 miles on it. Just had to shout about it!

More details in the bike registry but this is it:

 

[funetical]

Congrats on getting it finished! I'm waiting for some cash to magically appear before I start my build!

 

[Industry_Hack]

Congrats on getting it finished! I'm waiting for some cash to magically appear before I start my build!

When it does appear, send to us in the form of a wedding present.

 

[TxCyclist]

Very nice build. What made you go with that frame?

 

[Skidmark]

Looks awesome, Congrats.

 

[antibard]

thanks, i went with that frame mostly because it looks cool, was a bargain and it fits me perfectly.

i did a bit of research and anyone that his ridden one of these seems to love it.

the tubing is excell glx, which i think is a proprietary version of excell podium. the frame was built by billato in italy who built many top-end frames including giordanas with excell tubing that look very similar.

it's pretty light for a steel frame too.

 

[Farnsworth]

Nice bike! How much did you spend all together?

 

[bikebum1975]

Nice bike ya built there and best part if someone asks where you bought it from you get to tell them I built it myself same reason I build computers more fun than buying them already done. And I also agree with ya cool frame.

 

[antibard]

Nice bike! How much did you spend all together?

it came to around £600 i think, definitely not more than £700. an average of about £50 a month- i got front and rear wheels 4 months apart- they were the most expensive bits.

 

[wild]

If it rides as good as it looks, you are in for one sweet ride :thumbsup: .

 

[fleeter]

:drools: