Originally Posted by
Commodus
If you wouldn't mind, keep us up to date on the build. I'm interested to see how you can build a bike for under $500, even with a 1x9 drivetrain. What are you going to use for a shifter? And what are you thinking for wheels?
Get your parts on sale or from stock lying around, if you have any:
Performance MTB frame: $55
Suly 1x1 fork: from old MTB
Vuelta ZeroLite wheels: $55
Dimension drop bars: $20
Tektro long pull brake levers: $22
Tektro V-brakes: $20
SRAM PG-950 cassette: $19
SRAM 991 chain: $donated by a SRAM employee who found me on the road without a chain
Deore RD: From my old MTB
No FD (1x9)
Nashbar GR2 saddle: $29
Fulji seatpost: $5 craigslist
BBB 100mm stem: $15 (Nashbar)
Performance cork bar tape: $5
Sunrace friction shifter (rear): $7
Cables/housing: $10 (with much to spare in the housing)
Tires/tubes: from old MTB
TruVativ IsoFlow cranks: New, leftover from an old MTB
Crank Bros. Smarty pedals: $20 (bonktown)
