sXeBMXer wrote:
So what is going to be the final cost of this build project? Are you using parts you have laying around or from other bikes? I ...more
sXeBMXer wrote:
So what is going to be the final cost of this build project? Are you using parts you have laying around or from other bikes? I have been doing a mock0up build using a Lairdframe as the skeleton and right now the full build is around $1500. I have been doing mega online-window shopping, and this total is with the least expensive prices for the parts I have selected.
Is $1500 ridiculous for a custom bike?
Ricked_Em wrote:
That's very easy to do. I don't really wanna say what I have in mine but buying the wheels used helped a lot
Ricked_Em wrote:
That's very easy to do. I don't really wanna say what I have in mine but buying the wheels used helped a lot
Yeah. I might try the used route for things like wheels if I can't justify spending the money in the end. Right now, this is all just me window shopping and relearning the BMX parts/bikes/frames world, but it would be cool to eventually build something where every piece is exactly what i wanted.
I was considering a complete bike at first, but it is real hard to find completes with a 74degree HT angle. The only 2 I have found (from 2015/16) so far are the Hoffman Bama, and the Verde Luxe. I would not mind the Verde, and might go that route in the end (I live within a mile of the Verde "factory" so it will be cool to support the local guys)...
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