I wasn't intending to participate in the On The Road Again Project Challenge this year, but since I got this Univega frame for almost nothing, I thought maybe I could put it together completely from my parts bin. As I began to gather the pieces, I realized a lot of them had come from from the Box O' Crap. So I decided to see how far I could get using BOC parts. I began participating in 2011, so over time I have accumulated a fair number of parts.


It all began with this Univega frame I got for $1 at the Monroe Bike swap. It looks pretty beat up, but it is straight.


BOC parts in the cockpit include the hoods, stem, and the cracked mirror. I found a Road Champion bar with a 77 date stamp to match the year of the frame. The bar tape has probably been reused a dozen times. Cables were salvaged from other bikes.


BOC drivetrain parts include the front and rear Altus derailleurs, freewheel, pedals, crank bolts, downtube cable guide, and bottom bracket cartridge.


The seat post bolt is the last piece from the BOC. The Avocet saddle came from a bike swap last year.

I bought the tires and thread-less stem adaptor on clearance from pre-bankruptcy Nashbar. These tires have been a pain to mount on every rim I've tried. I stopped riding on them because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fix a flat on the road. Today, I tried the tires on these wheels and the beads slipped right on. The wheels were gifted to me a couple years ago. Every part of this build I had on hand prior to the beginning of the year, so my only outlay was the dollar for the frame. I did a short test down to the corner and back and it looks like a hundred kilometers will be a breeze. If I still like the bike after putting some miles on it, I would like to paint the frame, but that will most likely be after the contest.