Originally Posted by
deerfly
I think you misunderstood him. He said "try building your own from the frame up.", which implies that you already have the frame and are adding the components. This is indeed an expensive project and generally can cost more than buying the complete bike.
DING-DING-DING
Originally Posted by
lopek77
As for fragile high end bikes, its all for weight saving over anything else. I bet you never heard about carbon braking and all the recalls in the last years...that would explain why you are in the dark.
Carbon braking,yeah,you need special pads for carbon rims. Oh,wait,you meant carbon
breaking. Yeah,CF is
sooo dangerous. Not like
steel. BTW,the folks at
Rivendell want to offer you a job as spokes model.
Just curious,what's more dangerous,CF or toe overlap?