It soon adds up eh?
I think I'll be looking to go down the complete route, I would really love the idea of a project, but I havent got a ton of money to throw around and certainly not the expertise to put it all together without help...
If I was starting from scratch it would totally make sense to go with the best components, Thanks for putting that list together, I wanted to get a feel for an average cost of bare bits, but I think the shipping and tools would kill me.
I think i'll put the project bike on the back-burner, I'd still like to do it, but maybe when i'm a bike or two in and have a collection of tools/spares to start from.....
Thanks for the suggestions