CaptStash
05-11-2011, 10:03 PM
A local kid that my son used to go to school with has been getting into cycling. He told me he was looking to buy a bike and when I heard what he was likely to be getting (new) for $1200 I offered to help him out and build up a bike off of EBay (and the Serotta Forum) for the same amount of dough more or less. Plus he would get to do the build with me.
Long story short, he is the now the proud owner of a Specialized Roubaix Pro with full a full Ultegra group that he had a hand in building. I really enjoyed the process. He had a good time on EBay, regularly sending me messages and links to parts, some of which I even followed up on.
It's now about a month later, and I just got this email from him:
Well, after this entire setup, i'm hooked. If you ever have an opportunity for me to help build up a bike please let me know because I am finding this to be extremely interesting and want to start one of my own projects once I have the ability to do so. I wanna go through the entire process of buying components/frames etc and see what expected costs are and what eventual sale value might be.
How cool is that?
CaptStash....
Long story short, he is the now the proud owner of a Specialized Roubaix Pro with full a full Ultegra group that he had a hand in building. I really enjoyed the process. He had a good time on EBay, regularly sending me messages and links to parts, some of which I even followed up on.
It's now about a month later, and I just got this email from him:
Well, after this entire setup, i'm hooked. If you ever have an opportunity for me to help build up a bike please let me know because I am finding this to be extremely interesting and want to start one of my own projects once I have the ability to do so. I wanna go through the entire process of buying components/frames etc and see what expected costs are and what eventual sale value might be.
How cool is that?
CaptStash....