Budget weenie :)
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Hi All
Wanted a cheap weenie to ride around in the winter month. Some of the parts are new, some are bought 2nd hand and some it, I have swapped. Going to weigh the bike when it is finished.
Parts:
Frame: Planet X RT-80 size 56
Wheels: AX Lightness STR 42 with conti GP4000/comp tubs
Seatpost: New Ultimate 410mm
Stem: New Ultimate 110mm
Handlebar: New Ultimate evo 40cm
Seat: Cheap Chinese full carbon saddle
Topcap: Cheap Chinese carbon with Ti screw
Fork expander: J&L
Bottlecage: Cheap Chinese carbon cage with Ti screws
Groupset: Full Sram Red 10s( Brakes and front derailleur are Red Black. Shifters, crankset and rear derailleur is New Red)
Still to be mounted:
Niro-Glide Turbo Plus cables and cheap nonslip bartape.
Wanted a cheap weenie to ride around in the winter month. Some of the parts are new, some are bought 2nd hand and some it, I have swapped. Going to weigh the bike when it is finished.
Parts:
Frame: Planet X RT-80 size 56
Wheels: AX Lightness STR 42 with conti GP4000/comp tubs
Seatpost: New Ultimate 410mm
Stem: New Ultimate 110mm
Handlebar: New Ultimate evo 40cm
Seat: Cheap Chinese full carbon saddle
Topcap: Cheap Chinese carbon with Ti screw
Fork expander: J&L
Bottlecage: Cheap Chinese carbon cage with Ti screws
Groupset: Full Sram Red 10s( Brakes and front derailleur are Red Black. Shifters, crankset and rear derailleur is New Red)
Still to be mounted:
Niro-Glide Turbo Plus cables and cheap nonslip bartape.
Last edited by yosti on Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Budget weenie with ax parts!
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Yes, bought a brand new FFWD wheelset very cheap to put on one of my other bikes, but swapped it for the AX Lightness wheelset. So have payed almost nothing for the AX Lightness wheelset
Last edited by yosti on Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:47 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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looks great, i absolutely love those fm-066-frames.
would have purchased one from planet-x by myself (their offers sometimes are ridiculously cheap), but they dont have it in my size (52).
i must say, your bike is not the typical winterbike, but if the conditions are not to bad, why not.
would have purchased one from planet-x by myself (their offers sometimes are ridiculously cheap), but they dont have it in my size (52).
i must say, your bike is not the typical winterbike, but if the conditions are not to bad, why not.
Thank you
I didn't know that the frame was a FM-066, because PX sell it like its their own design, but I don't mind cause the FM-066 frames have been around for a while and got some good reviews.
Got this frame from a lad here in Denmark, but PX just had a big sale where they were selling the frame in any sizes for a ridicules price.
I know, but here in Denmark we gets some beautiful weather sometimes during the winter months were I'm planing to use the bike(we are using alot of salt on the roads so will not be using my summer bikes)
I didn't know that the frame was a FM-066, because PX sell it like its their own design, but I don't mind cause the FM-066 frames have been around for a while and got some good reviews.
Got this frame from a lad here in Denmark, but PX just had a big sale where they were selling the frame in any sizes for a ridicules price.
I know, but here in Denmark we gets some beautiful weather sometimes during the winter months were I'm planing to use the bike(we are using alot of salt on the roads so will not be using my summer bikes)
Just finished my budget weenie. I think I could loose 100g by cutting the seatpost (its 410mm long), by slaming the stem, buy some light (and cheap) cnc brakes, and an Extralite stem.
The weight:
Without pedals: 5,885kg
With my Tririg Mercury pedals: 5,980kg
With my everyday pedals(look keo blade carbon 230g): 6,115kg
The weight:
Without pedals: 5,885kg
With my Tririg Mercury pedals: 5,980kg
With my everyday pedals(look keo blade carbon 230g): 6,115kg
Last edited by yosti on Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Your properly right but I don't mind. The FM-066 have been around for awhile and got alot of good reviews I think that 5,8kg in size 56 is alright
While it was fun to build I have decided to sell the bike because I already got two winterbikes
While it was fun to build I have decided to sell the bike because I already got two winterbikes
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So as a "budget build," can I ask what you're selling price is?
More weight than weenie.
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jesherwood wrote:So as a "budget build," can I ask what you're selling price is?
His selling it for around 2700 Euros
Not so budget it seems..
But cool bike!
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I'm fascinated by the third dimension to WW which seems to be at the periphery, but not often mentioned - $$$. More importantly, budgeting $$$. I like threads like these to see how I (as a young father of two with only one income, a mortgage, and other real life priorities according to my missus) might be able to learn and copy from others. 2700 for sub-6 isn't bad at all. I guess it's all relative.
More weight than weenie.
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