Let’s see just how mad we could get in terms of a build cost then!

One little ground rule here –
nothing bespoke, custom or limited edition.

To kick us off, let’s have some 5Rot shifters and mechs.

About £1500 or so.

So, what else goes on the crazy expensive build?

I9 wheel sets are reasonably pricy…

Gotta be the £2,300 forks

Bars – £450

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19570

EDIT: ignore me, forgot the mechs were hydraulic so they’ll come with cables already – bargain!

Powerarms cranks (Storck/THM carbones) $1500

Sadly I think those mechs are hydraulic, although if they weren’t, why not the Carbon Nokons?! £100, then stick some Power Cordz inner cables at £30!

THM Clavicula chainset? £680 without rings! Plus some of the Carbon-Ti rings as shown, that’s another £500 or so!

Schmolke TLO bar, stem and seatpost, each about £300!

For us oldtimers….
Beryllium frame. $26,000

Surely the wheels have to be Tune Prince and Princess with DT XRC330s and white Aerolites, no imagination you lot!

we are gonna need a saddle

£255

some skewers

£85

and some pedals

£312

This chain

titanium

Must be able to get some yumeya on there somewhere?

I’ve got some brass-plated CO2 canisters I can do you for 200 quid cash. Bottled in Greenland, they are the freshest air you can get.

Surely we can bo better on the pedals?

Good start, though!

You’d have to wear plenty of Rapha…

How about one of these Beauties…

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Lightweight_RD_-_Rear_Derailleur/5360040339/

I always wondered if somebody would make hydralic shifters and mechs.

any place for Hope or are we thinking outside the box?
See what I did there?
PS I ‘ll get me coat

this is some mongrel of a bike…

lets start at the centre, can we build something more of a proper bike?

thinking superlight xc…

isotruss mtb frame, 6500 (11000 dollars)

acros full ceramic headset, 400
forks dt 1250 ltd.. 1200
wheels as njee said, 960 rims, 500 hubs, 150 odd for spokes.
claviclua cranks with carbon/ti rings. 1100 or srm professional mtb set, 2150
formula r1 brakes with carbon/ti rotors, 800
ax lightness saddle 300
ax lightness post 300
carbonitrided titanium cassette. 350 http://www.poshbikes.com/product.php?id=266
full ti chain, 230
lightweight mech, 800
schmolke tlo bar, 160
stem to match 140.
carbon nokons with powercordz inners 130
crank bro’s 4 ti (cos i likes em) 320
ax lightness bar ends at 75
grips foam 18
above ti/carbon skewers, 85
selle italia cx zero tecknologica saddle (Above) now has retail of 360…
xtr shifters, with yumeya mounts/ti bolts/barrel adjusters 315
set of schwalbe tires 110,
tubless kit 50

full ti bolts everywhere else (just for good measure) another 70 quid

whats missing?

£16 463, what do i win? (could add 300 with dt 190 ceramic hubs)

£250 to start? hell why not £400.

Cool bike needs a joe cool set of eye protection:

Clothes anyone?

Full ceramic bearings in the hubs, takes them beyond 190s easily!

White Aerolites are £5.40 each, so that’s actually £345 on spokes!

Otherwise that build sounds good!

You could pay me to build it. Whatever the hourly rate it would cost a fortune as i have no idea what i’m doing with spanners and bikes. If i ever finished it someone would actually have to ride it, and no one actually rides bikes do they?

Even if I had the money I wouldn’t build this bike!

🙁
I thought with the thread title you were going to single handedly pull the world out of recession by buying all the land that you don’t already own.

**** aristocracy nowadays, spineless gits the lot of you!

What it needs to finish it off is spraying with hammerite. Wouldn’t want it getting nicked.

I just want to go to the davinci symbiosis tandem.

$7500 for the basic full sus plus
$3800 for the carbon frame
$3000 for titanium S&S couplers

And it would still merit upgraded wheels and fork and various other bits. could be pushing $20 000 by the time you are done

http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/…/

Not very practical but this should be what your aiming for.

Doh!!

http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/images/worlds_most_ex…

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Something to wear? Pearl Izumi Octane bib shorts @ $275?

Some proper bling here, I like it!

how about a set of NOS White Onza Porcs as the tyres? Seen how much they go for on the bay?

i was suggesting something i’d ride… (i wouldn’t buy it, even if i had the money… but would happily ride it…)

You could just buy a complete one of these and blow a good wad

http://www.factor001.com/

RaceFace Deus BB.
You have to replace them every month, so what could be more expensive than that 😉