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My Aunt has MS and my uncle was doing the MS150. he asked me to come since i'm a bike nerd. my passion is singletrack, but i commute, and i love my aunt so i agreed. At the time the only roadbike i had was a 70's era 60+ cm Raleigh touring bike that i'd rebuilt. i love it, but i've got 27" legs and continually smash my chode. There was no way to comfortably ride it for 150 miles and i wasn't about to throw slicks on a mountain bike and huff n puff to keep up. My new mtn bike was a fetish, which i'd gotten very cheaply from ebay. i'd noticed that they'd had other cheap road frames as well. it seemed like an easy fix -get a SAC frame and throw the Raleigh components on it. New bike for <$100. Good deal, right? So i ordered it. the frame was a gorgeous pearly white and for someone used to 30lbs bikes, felt feather light. that was the last good thing i had to say about it for a long time. Chalk it up to inexperience, but i somehow imagined components were were universally compatible. i soon discovered i'd need to get: shifters, stem, headset, fork, front and rear deraileurs, cable guide, bottom bracket, cranks, rear cassette, rear wheel, tires and a chain.
Dirty Harry's got me a deal on a returned Bontrager Cyclo Cross BB and crank, which i dug cause i knew this was going to eventually become a commuter and my route has massive hills so who needs a big ring anyway. Also snagged and integrated headset, cable guide, front deraileur, seat post and stem. That came to around $220.
Biketek ordered me a sweet Surly fork and i picked up some tape -$100.
went to Free Ride looking for touring shifters but found some beat up ultrega's which i could fix easily, -$60
Kraynick let me know what an idiot i was and helped me assemble it. New wheel, tire, chain, cables, housing, cassette, -$150.
i was able to salvage my handlebars and saddle. i threw on a pair of Candies i had and an old Deore r deraileur.
so i went from a $100 bike to a $650 one. math was never my strong point. Otis is now my #1 bike. Threw on some fenders and blinkies and it hgets me to work in all weather, to the bar, exploring, etc.
Final Build Up:
white 50 cm Fetish SAC
Bontrager Stem
Raleigh touring handlebars cut to bullhorns
Surly fork
Bontrager Race cranks
Shimano Ultrega Brake/Shift
Shimano Ultrega f Deraileur
Shimano Deore High Normal r Deraileur
Cane Creek Headset
Easton seat post
duct tape saddle
Shimano hubs
hunk of shit rims
shimano cassette
SRAM chain
Crank Bros Candy's
Planet Bike Fenders
My Aunt has MS and my uncle was doing the MS150. he asked me to come since i'm a bike nerd. my passion is singletrack, but i commute, and i love my aunt so i agreed. At the time the only roadbike i had was a 70's era 60+ cm Raleigh touring bike that i'd rebuilt. i love it, but i've got 27" legs and continually smash my chode. There was no way to comfortably ride it for 150 miles and i wasn't about to throw slicks on a mountain bike and huff n puff to keep up. My new mtn bike was a fetish, which i'd gotten very cheaply from ebay. i'd noticed that they'd had other cheap road frames as well. it seemed like an easy fix -get a SAC frame and throw the Raleigh components on it. New bike for <$100. Good deal, right? So i ordered it. the frame was a gorgeous pearly white and for someone used to 30lbs bikes, felt feather light. that was the last good thing i had to say about it for a long time. Chalk it up to inexperience, but i somehow imagined components were were universally compatible. i soon discovered i'd need to get: shifters, stem, headset, fork, front and rear deraileurs, cable guide, bottom bracket, cranks, rear cassette, rear wheel, tires and a chain.
Dirty Harry's got me a deal on a returned Bontrager Cyclo Cross BB and crank, which i dug cause i knew this was going to eventually become a commuter and my route has massive hills so who needs a big ring anyway. Also snagged and integrated headset, cable guide, front deraileur, seat post and stem. That came to around $220.
Biketek ordered me a sweet Surly fork and i picked up some tape -$100.
went to Free Ride looking for touring shifters but found some beat up ultrega's which i could fix easily, -$60
Kraynick let me know what an idiot i was and helped me assemble it. New wheel, tire, chain, cables, housing, cassette, -$150.
i was able to salvage my handlebars and saddle. i threw on a pair of Candies i had and an old Deore r deraileur.
so i went from a $100 bike to a $650 one. math was never my strong point. Otis is now my #1 bike. Threw on some fenders and blinkies and it hgets me to work in all weather, to the bar, exploring, etc.
Final Build Up:
white 50 cm Fetish SAC
Bontrager Stem
Raleigh touring handlebars cut to bullhorns
Surly fork
Bontrager Race cranks
Shimano Ultrega Brake/Shift
Shimano Ultrega f Deraileur
Shimano Deore High Normal r Deraileur
Cane Creek Headset
Easton seat post
duct tape saddle
Shimano hubs
hunk of shit rims
shimano cassette
SRAM chain
Crank Bros Candy's
Planet Bike Fenders
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