david1701
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Bude, Cornwall
Hi guys,
The pompino in for sale got me intruiged so I did some googling and there are a few guys running skinny cross tyres on them and playing silly buggers, which would really really suit the way I commute/blat about like a fool. I've wanted fixed for a while...... anyways its too big.
So I looked at the on one site and they have new pompino frames on sale to 140 inc fork in a very very cool green colour. Then I priced up buying bars, cranks, brakes levers saddle, ect basically the whole bike in bits from them and the bike monger and it came to 500 bare minimum, if I build my own wheels + a pair of 30mm knobblies....
never built a bike before so its all a bit experimental.
Am I going about this the wrong way?
I was debating buying a donor bike, but I don't really see the point when none of the parts I want are expensive (the only £40 budgetted item is a pair of nice flats with power grips....) and whats the point in spending all that money to have old tat on your bike :s
The pompino in for sale got me intruiged so I did some googling and there are a few guys running skinny cross tyres on them and playing silly buggers, which would really really suit the way I commute/blat about like a fool. I've wanted fixed for a while...... anyways its too big.
So I looked at the on one site and they have new pompino frames on sale to 140 inc fork in a very very cool green colour. Then I priced up buying bars, cranks, brakes levers saddle, ect basically the whole bike in bits from them and the bike monger and it came to 500 bare minimum, if I build my own wheels + a pair of 30mm knobblies....
never built a bike before so its all a bit experimental.
Am I going about this the wrong way?
I was debating buying a donor bike, but I don't really see the point when none of the parts I want are expensive (the only £40 budgetted item is a pair of nice flats with power grips....) and whats the point in spending all that money to have old tat on your bike :s