Save your $200 and go to the "Bike Kitchen" co-op, located at 650H Florida St. (between 18th and 19th). Get there before 11:30am on Saturday morning before anyone else, and volunteer for the entire day. Do that for four weekends in row, and then you'll be entitled to a "free" frame for building your own bike. That $200 will go a long way towards building your 'new' bicycle. Therefore, save that $200 and add about $100 more to it, just to be on the safe side!

Once you get your frame, you can start to build your bike right away, with the assistance of genuine bicycle mechanics.