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Old 10-16-07, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by oilman_15106
It almost always costs more to build a bike than to buy one already built.
The way I built up my Custom frame a few years ago was to replace the parts on the Kona before they were completely worn out. I then had most of the components to build a bike so took all the parts off the Kona to put on the new frame- The Kona was rebuilt with the still servicable old parts and not a great deal had to be bought to get two bikes running.
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