Originally Posted by
atlascomplete
Same thing happened with my Pista. Bought the frame and decided to build my first fixed gear while riding my road bike. I wanted to take time and put decent components on it, next thing you know, I'm around the 700-800 dollar range.
That's a better way to go, IMO. Usually, the stock components on a $4-800 bike sucks. You can build it up like you did with some decent components cheaper.