SAB - Planet-X Budget Build underway.

[Alembicbassman]

Planet-X here in Rotherham recently bought SAB bikes of San Marino. They had some cheap ally frames in so I decided to plan a build around one of their Domagnano models.


Spec will be:

SAB Domagnano 58cm frame, Ness full carbon 3k fork. £70 frame £50 forks.

Shimano 2300 Triple groupset, Tektro R520 brakes, CFX Mach 1 rims, SCOR OS bars, FSA OS stem, FSA Orbit headset, Deda RS01 seatpost, Selle Italia Q-Bik saddle.

Most parts sourced from CRC/Planet-X

2300 groupset and brakes were purchased used with 100 miles on the clock for £100 so is pretty much new.

It's come in above a Triban 3, which was my baseline but much lower than a mainstream brand such as Trek, Giant Specialized etc...

Spent @£440 in total

 

[dan_bo]

£70 frame £50 forks.



Bet it wasnt made in San Marino.

Nice though.

 

[Alembicbassman]

Nah - Taiwan as usual - I think the Triban frames are made in Italy though. Still, Ribble's sloping top tube frames are £163 without forks.

Here's a pic of the SAB warehouse as PX found it:

Original article here: http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/new...012/10/17/sab-acquisition-digging-in-the-dirt

 

[gaz]

Chain is slack non existent

 

[Alembicbassman]

Just like the old days

2 days of snow coming up so will finish it then.

 

[montage]

Looks like they have some nice kit! Absolute bargain for your frame and forks - doesn't look bad quality either

 

[Chris-H]

I really like the look of that,will be interesting to see the finished article

 

[davester65]

This is interesting, me thinks the price of Italian threaded components on eBay is about to rise :-) your frame looks like a proper bargain.

 

[biggs682]

must admit i looked at picking a frameset up at the price they were going for absolute bargain

 

[Alembicbassman]

They had the full carbon rear triangle and carbon seat stay models at £99.99 but they've gone up to £149.99 now. Only seemed to have the smaller frame sizes too. The extra carbon didn't appear to give any weight saving as they quoted 1.4kg for all SAB alloy frames.

Oily bits fitted.

 

[Markymark13]

I ordered a ness 3k fork from planet x last week. Should be here today can't wait to see it. You happy with yours?

 

[Easytigers]

Looks an absolute steal for the price...let us know how it rides!!!

 

[Alembicbassman]

All finished with the addition of BBB Ovalintegrate pump, SPD M520 Pedals, Cateye Velo 5 computer, Velo chainstay protector, Velox carbon effect silver bar tape.

Build quality of the fork looks good, it's supposed to have a 50mm rake so I'll expect relaxed handling. The bike is set-up for longer/hilly rides anyway so not expecting it to break any records. Need to wait until the weather improves before riding it.

Had to buy a few additional bits because frame patches don't stick to the matt finish so had to use those rubber cable things from Decathlon and a neoprene chainstay guard. Pedals were £15 extra too.

 

[SS Retro]

Just been having a look at the SAB frames at planet X they do look a steal, that looks really well for a 'budget' build, like it!

 

[ben123]

Hi there alembicbassman,

I just signed up to the forum to ask you a few things about this setup, if you wouldn't mind, as I'm thinking of getting the same! Looks a really good budget build.

What headset are you using? Is it the fsa orbit ce from planet x (the integrated one?)

How much clearance is there for tyres on the frame? could you fit, say, 28s?

Also, I'd love to know if you are pleased with it/how it rides etc.

Cheers!

Ben