If you’ve been following this thread so far, you know that all I had left to acquire was some drivetrain parts. I picked those up today, once again at a good discount from retail.

I had been thinking about getting some carbon bars. Several weeks ago, I was shopping around on eBay and found a good deal on some FSA K-Force bars. This is the first part of this upgrade that is not “new”, but they were a take-off from a new bike, so we’ll call it “very lightly used.”

Here’s the updated table:

   So far I have saved, on average, a little over 40% of off retail prices.

I’ll do the majority of the work to install the parts myself. I’ve signed up for a Park Tool workshop at the local bike shop and will be able to combine some learning that I’ve wanted for a long time with some good hands-on tuning.�