Less than a grand fresh budget build.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/...718f7235_b.jpg

You must've gotten some smokin' deals! :thumb:

I like it, definitely hot, but it would be even hotter with silver shifters instead of the black 105's so it all matched. Would really suck if that fork ever had to be replaced since the lettering would no longer make much sense on the head tube.

Sure did.
It took me 3 months to source it all.

'69 Raleigh Grand Prix. Original equipment. Smokin Hot.
Original Wrights saddle. Huret long cage derailleur and dig the long DT shifters.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a4...D550/ry%3D400/

Hot! :thumb:

Updated Novara
 

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5306/...703b32de_o.jpg

Recently added a new saddle, and SL-K crankset & bottom bracket.

'69 and still original? How did you keep it in such condition?

Agree, those cost way more than my entire bike. Even if half off, they are more expensive than most of the budget bikes in this thread.

Budget bike doesn't imply you necessarily got it for ridiculous deal? It wouldn't make sense to post a Cannondale EVO in this thread because your grandpa for graduation decided to pay 95% of it. So regardless of how much someone paid, doesn't make sense to post a $3000 bike in a budget thread. At least to me.

Anyone who wants bugly64's carbon frame can get it on a budget. Anyone who wants tayguer's awesome pro-lite frame can get it cheap on Ebay, maybe even negotiate a great deal with other parts included.

It makes sense to post a budget bike that implies that anyone who wants to build a great looking bike on a budget can. Not hoping somehow an old granny with dementia sells her son's Cervelo R5 in a garage sale for $200.

My next bike will be like yours I think. I need a commuter. I don't want to worry if my bike will still be there and cry. I need a bike that a thief will pass over and steal the Cannondale next to it instead. Not saying your bike doesn't look great, but I need something understated yet still good like yours. For a commuter bike, great looking bike!

Hot.

What tires are those, I'm in the market for some orange tires? And from where?

They say Vittoria Rubino Pro on them. But that might be a ruse.

:lol:

Thanks!

I can't see that good anymore, wise guy. But I take pleasure in knowing that in 30 years you'll be in the same boat. :lol:

hey billyd! Ck out the schwalbe ultremo zx. I put those on my bike in orange.

Thanks cd125.

your welcome.

I may be in that boat now. But I did that touch screen thing where you pull the picture wider.

Kind of the opposite of "I'm crushing your head".

Your RD is screaming in agony

Vittoria Rubino Pro II.

Vittoria Rubino Pro II Tire 700 x 23 Orange/Black Folding - Modern Bike

I'm happy with the color and after 700 miles they hardly seem like they've worn at all. My only complaint is on wet pavement. That hard compound that makes them durable also makes them very slick in the rain. I've learned the hard way to be careful and now run them at 90-95 psi when it's wet.

Did you right click the image and open in new tab? It can be seen easier then.

The last two bikes in the herd. I know the Orbea isnt set up properly for the picture but at the same time. Its not necessarily following a color scheme either.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...pscuaigwrl.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...psucoxiqwc.jpg

Blue is much nicer. Why does it have a derailleur? Looks like a fixie with a derailleur. Is there something else I don't see or know about?

Its a single speed actually. The Cinelli proxima had vertical drop outs. The derailleur is actually a surly singleator. Its to add tension to the chain.

2012 Trek Madone 5.9

Got the frame for a killer deal of $450 (was a warrentry replacement that never got used or built up from work) I moved my 105 group set from my old bike over and bought the missing headset and the cable guides that sit in the frame.

Total cost was around $700 but since i sold my old frame it only cost me around $400 out of pocket with a new garmin 510 to boot.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=374611

Once I have my fit dialled in I'll be cutting the steerer tube. I'll also be getting some look keo carbon blade pedals in the next little while. Then time to save up for a set of Bontrager Aeulus 5 wheels.

It's cross chained in the big-big gear. Rather me take another one with barely enough tension in the small-small gear?

I see the snark isn't limited to the real Hot or Not thread.