Entry 07
Wheels - $125
Tires - $80
BB/crank - $65
Chain - $25
Pedals - $35
Metal - $40
Paint - $6 spray bomb
Seat mesh - $5
Brakes - $180
Pulleys - $20
Derailleurs - $60
Levers - $25
Total ~$700
Considerably more expensive than my usual builds, but this one used all Avid/SRAM/Truvativ for a sponsorship bid that's still in the works. I started the build in Feb 2009 and the idea was to build a trike that minimized the drawbacks (IMO), and maximized the advantages of other designs. I wanted to make an all-around flexible trike that could commute, run errands, do ultras and race. Obviously there'd be compromises, but so far, it's been pretty successful. I use it to commute for about 50km per day, and it holds its own on the track. I'm building a couple others now, one with 700's, and another with 451's, each with a few mods and tweaks over the original.