Originally Posted by
riding_4_fun
Oh, I forgot to ask:
I have also toyed with the idea of building up a Soma Smoothie, but I am not sure how much that would cost if I went with something like Tiagra level components. I would appreciate your input on this as well.
I would say absolute cheapest to build up a Smoothie would be $1100 in parts. Assuming you have to pay for build, assume another $150-200
And my estimate is getting Tiagra group from Merlin for $250, getting the steel Soma fork and going absolute budget on everything else (wheels, tires, tubes, saddle, seat post, stem, headset, bar tape, bars. If you want decent components think more like $2000