BMX - building a better bike

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metp2

01-07-04, 12:09 AM

since my bike got stole i'v been thinking of starting over and instead of just buying a bike stock it would just be smarter and hopefully cheaper to build a bike from the ground up. and since everyone on here is so smart maybe someone could give me some ideas: best parts cheapest places to get them what all i need for the lightest strogest bike for vert and street use. anyhelp would be great and if this topic has been brought up before then I'm sorry

Tremor

01-07-04, 09:29 AM

Better yes. But not cheaper. Unless you have time & shop Ebay for low priced quality components. I did this & it took about 4 months. Though I had to pay full retail to finish the bike on my self imposed scgedule. Had I paid full bike shop retail for every part, I stopped adding it up at $2200. The amount spent at that point was getting near $1200. I'm afraid to finish the math now.

flatlandman

01-07-04, 05:12 PM

Yeah, it's a lot more expensive to build a bike.

metp2

01-07-04, 09:43 PM

then whats the best bike for under 600$

Stupid_bmx_man

01-11-04, 11:49 AM

um a pretty good bike is the DK cleveland and the fit pro