Originally Posted by
markw
I did mine for about that. Fleabay/craigslist/veldrome swap meet. His tour is in July, which is why I suggested start piecing it together now. Spread that 1200 over a few months, build it like you want it.
Ha, detailed build... $958
http://www.wolfenet.org/?p=6
Of course this is 2004 pricing before component prices went through the roof.
Read just a little higher in that post. Total cost (in 2004 dollars) was $1298. He got back $340 for stuff he sold back on Fleabay. Can't expect that to happen every time. $1300 for his bike is more then you pay for the Cannondale or 520. And, to be fair, you have to add in shipping (probably close to an additional 10%), taxes (say 7%) and a whole lot of driving around to find the parts (let's be generous and add another 10%)...but it's probably more. That brings the price to around $1650. We can subtract the taxes because he'd have to pay that anyway bring the price down to $1540. Which is closer to the price of the Cannondale Touring 1. But I think the Touring 2 is a better bike
And in current dollars, the price could be substantially higher. As I've said before, building a bike is fun and rewarding. It is seldom cheaper then buy a complete bike.