Originally Posted by
wearyourtruth
i'm not even sure if you could compete with BDs prices if you worked at an LBS and got wholesale QBP.
I'm sure. I've worked at bike shops and had access to QBP wholesale prices. I can remember sharing the cost of a new bike with a co-worker and dividing up the parts for our respective projects because it was cheaper that way.
The prices that you have listed are also on the lowish side. Generally, when I'm building up a bike, I want it to be at least as nice as a bike that I could buy complete. Start upgrading things like a nicer stem, nicer handlebar and nicer tires and the price can shoot up pretty fast.
That's still what I would do, however, because - well - just because.