Originally Posted by
Bovka99
I won't go with drop bar with STI as this combo is expensive.bullhorn + MTB disk brakes + TT lever? Does it work. I know I need more digging into this. I'm liking bullhorn bar instead of flat or drop.does avid bb7 MTB model work with some sort of TT lever?
I don't know about any of those disc, hydro or TT things.
I do have a road bike without drop bars. Bullhorns if you like, but they are Profile Design base bars for tri bikes. You can see the details of the stuff that I lumped together in my PedalRoom link below, in my sig. All of the components used are listed.
Your best bet is to buy a used bike. You could easily be peddling down the road for what you'd pay for a frameset and scrounging for chunks to throw at it. Then get more parts, because no matter how long you think it out and how "right you have it" some of your mismatched "high-end used-n-cheap" chunks just don't mesh. Besides that, perhaps a seller of used parts has a reason to be selling them----something is wrong with it and they couldn't figure it out so they just sold the customer a new item. In that case,
you get to solve the problem of what's wrong.
Buy a used bike and ride. You're looking for a cheap frameset. I take that to mean that you are looking to save money. If that is, indeed, true----
BUY A COMPLETE USED BIKE THAT YOU CAN RIDE HOME.
IF YOU DON'T------YOU LOSE.