Well, I guess since I started this thread I should add my own shopping list (in cdn $$):

Frame: free (busted up track frame from a friend)
Frame fixin': $30 (BB shell had a crack that needed a weldin' and a dent that needed a poundin')
Fork: $85 (used spicer track fork)
Hubs: $110 (miche primatos)
Rims: $40 (I think... Campy Ypsilons from nashbar... I forget how much they actually cost)
Wheel build: $80
Tires & tubes: $50 (cheap contis)
Crankset & pedals: $80 (dura ace road cranks, 52t chainring, dura ace pedals and clips)
Saddle: $13 (everyone's favorite white perf selle san marco from nashbar)
Headset: $15 (FSA)
BB: $30 (Shimano)
Stem: $30 (3ttt mutant classic)
Cog: $0 (the aforementioned 18t I had lying around)
Spray primer and paint: $7

Some of this stuff (like the FSA headset) I bought for my current bike as upgrades to what's on it now but put it aside when the frame showed up. I could've also saved money by reusing stuff I have lying around (cranks, stem, bars), but I keep on finding myself buying stuff I don't really need but really want. Like, the 3ttt stem looks rad, but none of the bars I have lying around will fit the 25.8mm stem, so I need to get bars... but if I'm going to buy bars, I'd like to get B123s, but if I get B123s I'm going to need the bar shim, and so on and so on... it's a pain we all - to some degree or another - feel.

Pay day is friday. This bike should be ridable to some degree by next week.

m.