Originally Posted by
I_Like_Bike
Financially it doesn't make sense. I have little money and it is technically a college graduation gift, so upping the cost seems wrong.
2900 for the frame, you should be able to piece together a red/rival mix for ~1200 over that. stem and handlebar will be another 200 or so if you go aluminum (if you're budget, don't worry about carbon)--wait...
ultegra? sl3 doesn't have an ultegra option. you're talking about the comp compact? in that case, nevermind. *throws hands up* *storms out of thread*
why not tell the shop you're buying at to just swap in force in place of ultegra? it's worth asking