It is nice to see someone who likes to build bikes as much as he loves riding them, what I do is I work, make my paycheck, look at what I want to do, then with the help of my local bike shop, I rebuild them with a list of parts. Well unfortunately this has cost me somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000.00 in labor and 2000.00 for the bike and the parts. But now I ride a 2005 Trek 1000 with 9 speed 105 and 9 speed Ultegra on it. I am sure over time I will rebuild it up again or start another project bike but for now I am content with my current ride. Happy riding to you.

RacingPain