Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
If you're starting from the ground up and do the build yourself, $700-$1000 should get you a bike composed of so-so and average parts. How much have you budgeted for tools? You'll need a few.
Buy a new, complete bike in the range of $700-$1000 gets you better everything and it so much more cost efficient it's not even funny.
I built my bike from the ground up for ~$1000 and I'd like to think it is made from better than so-so/average parts.
Originally Posted by
roker
Well, what does 700-1000 buy me? (in other words, what brands/models should I be looking at?)
Some good options at that range IMO are the Felt TK3 and Trek T1.