Bru and fruits budget builds.

[gavprimo]

We are doin a budget build.

Cos we are all skint.

should be interesting.

this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'skint' that I was previously unaware of lol 

[oberonspacefruit]

well, ive spent about 180, but those are parts that ive accumulated over about 2 years....lol
Oh, and other parts ive restored or repainted.


trust me, Im skint at the moment, and the only way ive been able to afford the frame was through flogging off my last few bits of oldschool stuff.

[oberonspacefruit]

perhaps gav was expecting a 30 quid budget build.


Believe me, im the first person to say that this is beginning to get expensive, but ive bought  only 2 "new" parts.

part of the interest of this, will be whether or not it would have been cheaper buying a complete, and the implacations that has.

Would i have been as happy with a complete?

Who can tell.

 It would certainly have been a lot less fooking work.

[oberonspacefruit]

how much is a subrosa complete?

[dodger]

both looking good so far guys not long till will be rideable

[ron burgundy]

I love the shape of those Premium cranks - still one of my favourites.

Yep, they is velly nice

[gavprimo]

perhaps gav was expecting a 30 quid budget build.


Believe me, im the first person to say that this is beginning to get expensive, but ive bought  only 2 "new" parts.

part of the interest of this, will be whether or not it would have been cheaper buying a complete, and the implacations that has.

Would i have been as happy with a complete?

Who can tell.

 It would certainly have been a lot less fooking work.

depends what you have as a start point I suppose, build from ground up or fix something up - this came to a toal of about £70, and the donor bike cost £22 of that to start with, I scrounged and scoured ebay and got other deals on parts http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=77701.msg790438#msg790438
If you need a seatpost I have the odyssey intac still, totally as new and only £9 posted as opposed to £15 cheapest one youcan get on ebay

[oberonspacefruit]

Ive got a post thanks, from jt71, 15 quid for a pivotal and post.

Thats budgety isnt it? would have been a lot more new, and i still had an element of choice.

I suppose your build is better value for money.

Anyway..................


heres todays work:

Tenner for a rim, had the hub already.

[Bettyswallocks]

Looks good Bru... 

Goes to show a new school bike doesnt have to cost an arm and a leg

Looks double the amount you've spent, well done... 

[lazychubs]

bru thats not a bad price as my wheel set cost a tad more than your whole bike
damn ti stuff is dear lol

[jonMOSH]

its a good idea an that but i reckon you could have got a much better used complete off a forum like bmx talk or bikeguide. there full of rich kids sellin stuff cos there sick of it but its still really good

[madmike-bmx]

still cant beat my bike

got the whole thing for 70POUNDS off a mate who needed money for drugs... bloody druggies lol

and its a macneil heaton with ody foprks ,federal bars sealed heaset ,bb and back wheel need new wheels now

pics up later on today ...its to early to even be up on a bank hoilday for a start 

[pickle]

still cant beat my bike

got the whole thing for 70POUNDS off a mate who needed money for drugs... bloody druggies lol

and its a macneil heaton with ody foprks ,federal bars sealed heaset ,bb and back wheel need new wheels now

pics up later on today ...its to early to even be up on a bank hoilday for a start 

i hate to say it......if you were a proper mate you'd be trying to get him off the stuff rather than paying for them.......ffoking hate drugs!   

[madmike-bmx]

pickel when i say mate i dont mean were best mates just some one i speak to from time to time anyway i got it like 6-8months ago and now his gettin his self off it ... well trying to

[pickle]

good stuff 

[madmike-bmx]

yup .. i cant get any pics off mine cause the USB is being gay n wont let the cam put the pictures on the computer so ill ave to do it later or tomorro

[QUADROPHENIA]

FOOKING HOW MUCH BRU              

you could have brought a bmx with that amount of money man

[Flatcap]

bru thats not a bad price as my wheel set cost a tad more than your whole bike
damn ti stuff is dear lol

Tell you what Rhys it's great & it was fun finding good parts at cheap money too.. I'm really chuffed with it 

Bru 

I don't understand what all the fuss is about with all this buying stuff on the cheap, I do this all the time.

But then again that might be because I'm a tight cnut!

Daz. 

[madmike-bmx]

the pic off my bike i got for about 70 n spent about 60 on so a total off 130 not bad

http://www.mypicx.com/04152009/my_bike_and_the_ramp_behind_asda/