Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake

I don't think this is unusual, and you almost always end up in a money pit buying a frame, regardless of how good a deal it was. On the plus side, my favorite bikes are all frame up builds.

If we're talking most spent out of proportion to value, definitely this:





It started life as this:



My wife wanted a pink bike. I knowingly overpaid for it at the outset because she liked it, the powder coat cost what the bike is worth on top of it. GP 4000s. SS cages, $40 water bottles, MKS pedals, new saddle, custom head badge, Handlebra tape, Rootboy bar plugs, new tektro dial pivots, campy seatpost, bell from hill cycles, Ortlieb shopper. It probably has near $1000 into it, and it's about a $250 bike. She likes it, that's what matters.