Old 01-06-10, 01:40 PM
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phoebeisis
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Ironpoppy-thanks for the PM. Like others have said, that price list was for not one bit fancy parts-the grade or two below LX (the road equivalent of LX which are mtb parts).They are the sort of parts you would find on a $400-$500 bike shop bike.

Your best bet to to haunt CL and Ebay for an entire used bike with nice parts, or to just buy them piecemeal off EBay and CL. This is a good time of the year to buy bike stuff-cold!!

On Ebay CL you can buy a used $1500 bike for maybe $500-$600.If you don't mind 6-8 year old technology, you can buy for 1/3 or less of original selling price.
Parts actually hold value a bit better than entire bikes-but figure 50-60% or original price. These rough guesses are for fully functional parts with minimal wear. Maybe riders put very few miles on their toys(not like fanatics here-but even some here have so many bikes that they have lowish use older bikes).

Buy used-get some feedback on parts-fit etc-here. Cranksets and BB have to match up, so buying them together is a good idea.Some only come as integral parts now,so not a concern.
Luck
Charlie
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