Originally Posted by
divemedia
I guess I'll just have to go with a nicer frame (Bare Knuckle maybe?) to make this worthwhile or pick some cheaper parts for the Valencia/Traitor frame. I already have 3 off the shelf bikes (Jamis Coda Comp, Jamis Sputnik, & an older Nishiki road bike.) I'd probably get rid of the Sputnik after building this new bike though. I know how to do all the basic maintenance as well- I just have never built a bike up from scratch.
Since you are already have a ss/fg bike, you might want to spend some time thinking about what you don't like/would like to change about it. If I were going to spend the time and effort I would want to make sure my project bike suited me much better/was way sweeter than the one I already had.
Not entirely in the vein of this forum, but kind of ss related. This summer I wanted to take a Bianchi San Jose and make a Son Jos8. That's where you put in an 8-speed internal hub. But I found one on eBay with a dynamo hub and lights included, for about as much as I could get the bare bike for, it ended up costing me half as much as buying the components and building it myself.