That's a +$900 build?! Oh me oh my, not sure how I feel about that.

Buying parts a la carte @ retail gets real expensive real quick.

Go on our site and do the math.

This. Considering prices at RG are pretty low to begin with, it's crazy how quickly things add up.

I once worked at a shop where they wouldadd up the a la carte prices, add a $70 labor charge and 15% on top of it all for custom builds. Such bull****.

Today I had a good session at the dirt jumps.

Today I:
 

Today I think I filtered through traffic for like 5 miles. Coming home 5pm, 10 miles west to east going past the 405 on ramps, and into Beverly Hills. So much traffic, half the time it was either bumper-to-bumber or slowly rolling at 20mph. It's not as fun when i have a pannier to worry about.

It just amazes me that's what you can get a la carte even with RGs low prices. I built my bike myself with a few used parts and only spent a couple hundred more than what that Pake build costs...

Last race of the day coming up on Tulsa Tough stream:

http://velonews.competitor.com/tulsa-tough

Which should be a good example for the noobs who are hell-bent on building a bike from scratch.

I don't even want to figure out what my BK would add up to at individual retail prices.

Today I finally got my roadie back to being rideable. After all the upgrades it feels just how I hoped it would :)

http://i.imgur.com/YulYY.jpg

Leagues better looking when compared to how you first got it. Great job!

That Raleigh is one attractive bike!!!

Thanks!

Here's a pic from the craigslist ad when I first got it
http://i.imgur.com/Fx6Yo.jpg

I think I decided what color to get the 930 repainted in. I'm going to go with a glossy dark blue.

Epic Schwinn,

The raleigh looks much much much better now.

Dude, that Raleigh looks amazing!

Thanks, everyone! :D

Was that pic from today? You guys had sun today? Brightness of pic is freaking me out, man!

Traded this-

http://i.imgur.com/YNZKel.jpg

(got it for $200) + $100 and some wrenching.

for this-

http://i.imgur.com/1ds7Kl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jX3lll.jpg

Which is this but with a broken frame, right at the fixing bolt for the replaceable hanger. Everything else is in amazingly good shape.

I think I did pretty good for myself. :D ...Wonder if I can get the frame replaced under warranty.

Yup! Sun and then random hail storms. I'm in Bellingham for the summer. I just now put together that you're a local (as in from Washington but as far away on the coast as possible)

Bought a bunch of random bike stuff, replaced the front brake pads on the Pug as the old ones were squealing like a cat in heat... will clean those up and keep them as spares.

Dude, I'll do it. Pay me in store credit and we will call it even.

This why I will hate the day that i can neither be a full member of my co-op or work in a bike shop. Retail?? Sheit

I also got to play with my coworker's bike, a 49cm Dave Scott Iron Man -Terry bike style.

Meanwhile all I do is build from scratch. Recycling your parts helps. *shrug*

Today I got pretty hot on the ride to work.

Harsh! Mercury ran all the way up to 54 degrees here today.

That webcast of Radiohead @ Bonnaroo youtube was kickass! One of those things that makes me glad I'm living in the future.

Fahrenheit or Celsius?