Originally Posted by
ryanspeer
I've been looking at doing the exact same build as you did there - even the same color frame. I want a "budget" (yeah, right!) commuter and/or cross bike, but would probably even settle for just a 105 mix and even more budget-minded wheels. Looks good!
Yeah, I was intending to build a heavier bike to make training more effective but it's impossible to resist the crazy end-of-season Ultegra prices... "only $15 more" than 105 adds up to a lot in the end with all the parts... I'm sure this has been said before, but if I had to do it all over I'd go for one of the $1K Motobecanes with all Ultegra and WCS everything, switch everything over to the cross frame, add the Oryx's and Arione, then sell off the extras.
And of course the build could have certainly been cheaper with different wheels. The Hurricanes came off my road bike which now has 420's. The former are a really strong light wheel, great for a beating, though I'm still thinking I might swap them for my wife's Open Pros to add weight. That'd drop more than 350g off her bike and make her 0.6% happier on climbs.
-Chris
Originally Posted by
Plow13
thats a comfy garage door
Can't help it, I'm so OCP my garage door matches my bike.
