9 speed ultegra upgrade

[Dej]

gday,
Over the past few months, ive gone through the process of upgrading my old
rsx 7 speed to 9 speed ultegra.
I mainly grabbed the parts from ebay both au and us (mainly US)
For those wanting to do a similar thing, here's a list of prices i paid,
compared to those i would have paid if i got all the gear from local
stores..
Only the cranks were 2nd hand and the local prices were from LBS websites
(cecil walker, freedom machine etc)

LBS prices
ultegra cranks $275
ultegra BB $89
ultegra 12-21 cassette $128
105 front derallieur $57
ultegra rear gear $130?
ultegra STI $440

Prices i paid
ultegra cranks $60 (2nd hand)
ultegra BB $60
ultegra 12-21 cassette $60
105 front derallieur $20
ultegra rear gear $75
ultegra STI $215

$490 actual spend from ebay
$1119 for local store prices
$629 saving
Apologies to those who think i should support the locals (which i would
normally do), but in this case, the savings were too great..

 

[flyingdutch]

gday,
Over the past few months, ive gone through the process of upgrading my old
rsx 7 speed to 9 speed ultegra.
I mainly grabbed the parts from ebay both au and us (mainly US)
For those wanting to do a similar thing, here's a list of prices i paid,
compared to those i would have paid if i got all the gear from local
stores..
Only the cranks were 2nd hand and the local prices were from LBS websites
(cecil walker, freedom machine etc)

LBS prices
ultegra cranks $275
ultegra BB $89
ultegra 12-21 cassette $128
105 front derallieur $57
ultegra rear gear $130?
ultegra STI $440

Prices i paid
ultegra cranks $60 (2nd hand)
ultegra BB $60
ultegra 12-21 cassette $60
105 front derallieur $20
ultegra rear gear $75
ultegra STI $215

$490 actual spend from ebay
$1119 for local store prices
$629 saving
Apologies to those who think i should support the locals (which i would
normally do), but in this case, the savings were too great..

but its only 9spd. you are 'SOOOO 5 minutes ago'

 

[Dej]

"flyingdutch" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> Dej Wrote:
>> gday,
>> Over the past few months, ive gone through the process of upgrading my
>> old
>> rsx 7 speed to 9 speed ultegra.
>> I mainly grabbed the parts from ebay both au and us (mainly US)
>> For those wanting to do a similar thing, here's a list of prices i
>> paid,
>> compared to those i would have paid if i got all the gear from local
>> stores..
>> Only the cranks were 2nd hand and the local prices were from LBS
>> websites
>> (cecil walker, freedom machine etc)
>>
>> LBS prices
>> ultegra cranks $275
>> ultegra BB $89
>> ultegra 12-21 cassette $128
>> 105 front derallieur $57
>> ultegra rear gear $130?
>> ultegra STI $440
>>
>> Prices i paid
>> ultegra cranks $60 (2nd hand)
>> ultegra BB $60
>> ultegra 12-21 cassette $60
>> 105 front derallieur $20
>> ultegra rear gear $75
>> ultegra STI $215
>>
>> $490 actual spend from ebay
>> $1119 for local store prices
>> $629 saving
>> Apologies to those who think i should support the locals (which i would
>> normally do), but in this case, the savings were too great..
> but its only 9spd. you are 'SOOOO 5 minutes ago'
>
>
> --
> flyingdutch

doh! just when i thought i could park at cafe racer
I did nearly snag a set of FSA carbon cranks for a good price but decided
against it.
I rekon 10 sp and carbon would go to waste on the old 1997 model peugeot
frame i'm riding around on