building a ss from scratch, how much $?

Originally Posted by neverclimbed32

Hey you live in Melbourne right........Check out the hard rubbish or Ceres.
I got a cruiser with coaster brake off the nature strip oiled the chain and rode in the ASSC the following week. Cost.........nothing. This has got to be a record for someone competeing at an elite level. The frame on this baby was a bit small however (probably contributed to my poor placing on the day). Four more scrounged bikes and I've built "Bluey". Big frame, biopace, coaster brake, MTB wheels. Cost........... $15 for new hand grips. I've done my 25km commute on this one day week (just for fun) for the past 5 months. Currently have just finished my best effort yet. Old hybrid, junked as the wheels were buckled. Ditching all the heavy metal and replacing with alloy saves a bit of weight too.
Cost
V Brakes............................$42 ebay
levers................................$20 ebay
16T bmx freewheel...............$16
spokes...............................$5
Pedals................................$70 ebay
exage crankset w/ 42t CR......$4 ceres
road headstem.....................$1 ceres
TOTAL................................$148

Single speeding.....................I'm loving it