Hello, long time lurker and short time WW newbie.

I set out to to build a moderately price carbon daily rider solely from eBay. This is what I came up with:



It sit's currently at 15.67 lbs (7107 grams)
So far nothing is cut/shaved or modified so it's got some fat to loose (Just like me! )

I'll have more pics when I can get them off my phone. No internet at the house makes digital photo uploads difficult.

Looks good........got a little slack in that chain!

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2012 Fuji Altamira SE - 6.42kg

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thats mission accomplished, a great looking bike. you've slaved over the details there.

actually not a million miles away from the bike i just finished.

i like how the bottle cage and saddle seem to share angles and lines in the picture.

can we see a picture from the other side soon?

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cannondale flash3 alloy 29er
trek 5200 nude carbon
pegoretti marcelo

So it's been a lot longer than soon, and it now resides on a totally different continent, just like me, but it's had some upgrades and a little love.

Most recently it's had it's seat post tuned. I no longer have the before and after weights.
But between the Sram Force crankset, rear and front derailleur and 1070 cassette and ilink mini cable housing /powercords all around it ended up at:




After about a year of sitting at that weight the bug has hit me again. Now with Red rear derailleur, Red/Black 1090 11-26 cassette, tuned carbon jockey wheels and a newer slightly lighter Merek Saddle it now stands at 15.34.

Pics to follow upon the install of the currently on order front Red derailleur, 1091r chain, and Red Shifters. Hopping the aforementioned items bring me down to the 15.1 mark. Then with some light tuning I may reach the magic 15. I have some Ti spindles I haven't had the cajoles to install yet in my Look pedals as well.

Being the heavy guy I am I don't plan on intentionally going below the 15 mark.

wow, that looks great...what was your approx. total cost for frame/fork/seatpost/wheels?

Frame and Fork came together at $450
Seatpost was part of a Handlebar/Saddle/Seatpost group which was 430 total, so maybe 100
Wheelset was 550

Total ~$1100

Nice. Could you post a nice drive side shot and full build list please?

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Cervelo R3, Campagnolo Chorus/Record mix... pastatrails.blogspot.com
And you can call me Macktastik Honey Pete Kicks, thank you.

i'm curius about the confort of this merek saddle(the second),

i have a chinese carbon saddle, i putted 35 miles on it and that was horible. I just swap it for my slr and what a difference, so can you compared it with an slr?

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My 1998 Trek 5220 paint stripped 7.02Kg

Currently sitting at 15.25 lbs

eBay carbon frame and fork
Merek carbon integrated bar and stem
Deda bar tape
Merek seat post, saddle, and stem clamp
eBay Taiwanese carbon tubular wheel set / skewers
Conti pro tub rear / tuft s33 pro front
Red front and rear dérailleur
Red/black 11/26 cassette
SRAM 1091r chain
Ilink mini cables / covers
Rival carbon shifters
Force crankset / bb
Tectro r870 brakes
Merek bottle holder
Cat eye wireless computer
Look Keo classic pedals

W/ Red shifters in the mail (from eBay)

Merek is a Taiwanese company that sells on eBay so it's not Chinese. I love it, for my sit bones, both have fit like a glove. I have bought extras so incase they go out of buisness I'll have a few more to last me a long while.
I've never sat an slr so no clue, my last non carbon saddle was a fizik and I hated it.

Nice. Thanks for the follow-up posting.

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Cervelo R3, Campagnolo Chorus/Record mix... pastatrails.blogspot.com
And you can call me Macktastik Honey Pete Kicks, thank you.

With the RED shifters and a VCRC Ceramic BB (she came in 6g under advertised) she's now sitting at 15.10lbs. Replacing pedal spindles is the last step. The 50g drop should bring me to just under 15lbs.