Post your beater....
 

Ok so I have seen some amazing looking bikes that exceed my budget tremendously. I want to see what the forum has in terms of pieced together bikes that cost under $150 yet still perform. Post your pricing and sourcing of parts too. This should be fun to exchange ideas on future commuter/beater builds on the cheap.


by the way function over form in this one, it can be as tacky as you want... look at mine...



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late 90's trek 1220 zx with full rsx group, TrSpeed stem, profile design aerobars, and CAT5 computer.....free on Craigslist
yellow and black marble handlebar tape.... $4.00
Alexrims ALX 270 rims and forte Pro DC tire takeoffs from my Scattante 560.... free
cassette spacers for 7 speed cassette on 9 speed hub... $200
ton of degreaser, rebuild shifters, 3 hours of cleaning and lubing..... $6.00

total cost

$12.00

Found in the basement of my wife's shared house.
Nashbar brakes, levers, and bars, ritchey pedals.
It came with a mix of Mavic, Shimano, and Campy.

Ugliest bar tape ever.

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I could use that seat to keep the yellow/purple thing on mine, wanna trade? I have a black serfas wdd pro saddle on my beater I could trade ya.

You want to hear something sad, I love that saddle and they don't make it anymore.
I've always been lucky that my butt is happiest on a cheap seat.

Frame taken from a dumpster that someone thru out it was stripped down, It was resurrected from all old parts I had laying around nothing new so cost $0 = :) ride good :thumb:

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Love the old campy aero bottle.
I still have a couple of those lying around.

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Is that an urinal in the bottle cage?

Man, if it weren't for the high quality picture resolution, I would think that this picture was straight out of 1986. How awesome is it that he mounts his '80's Nishiki to an era specific civic hatchback. Way to go!

makes me wanna go put on a pair of Jams http://fruitionlv.com/news/uploaded_...051-762964.JPG