Today is the day that it all starts to come together.

Tonight I start my Park Tool Class at Campus Cyclery and I will start putting the new drivetrain parts onto my bike. As I had mentioned a while ago, I do have a new carbon fiber frame coming, but with the riding season looming on the near horizon, I just want to get the bike rebuilt. If I pay attention in class and learn all of the skills I need, I should be able to transer everything over to the new frame in April in short order.

Furthermore, my wife’s bike is in need of the current parts. I want to get her bike built so she can get on the road. That reminds me - she needs a seatpost.  

Overall, I’m pretty proud of the overall cost savings that I was able to achieve in building this bike. The end result of this project will be a 16 pound carbon fiber race bike built with all new parts for under $2200. I saved at least 40% over the retail costs of the parts. If I factored in what an average carbon fiber frame costs, the savings would be closer to 50%.

Here’s the final breakdown:

Component

Retail

Paid

Saved

Weight

Pedal Force RS2 Frame

$855

$505

$350

0.96

Pedal Force FKR8 Fork

$350

$95

$255

0.39

Pedal Force Seatpost

$100

$59

$41

0.18

Rotor S1 Stem

$174

$154

$20

0.10

FSA K-Force Bar

$195

$144

$51

0.20

Arundel Bar Tape

$10

$10

$0

0.04

Mavic Ksyrium Equipe Wheels

$480

$319

$161

1.84

Michelin Pro Race 2 Tires

$110

$68

$42

0.42

Tubes

$5

$5

$0

0.20

SRAM/Truvativ GXP BB

$56

$34

$22

0.12

SRAM Rival OG-1070 Cassette

$100

$60

$40

0.22

SRAM PC-1090 Chain

$70

$44

$26

0.27

SRAM Force Front Der.

$62

$47

$15

0.09

SRAM Force Rear Der.

$169

$84

$85

0.17

SRAM Force Integrated Shifters

$529

$306

$223

0.31

SRAM S950 Crankset

$294

$155

$139

0.83

Selle San Marco Ponza Saddle

$60

$10

$50

0.23

Look Keo Classic pedals

n/c

n/c

0.28

Shimano Ultegra calipers

n/c

n/c

0.32

FSA Compressor Top Cap

$25

$24

$1

0.03

FSA Orbit CF Headset

$75

$65

$10

0.09

Totals

$3,719

$2,188

$1,531

Saved

41.17%

Weight in Kg

7.29

Weight in Lbs

16.038

I’ll post pictures of the Flyte with the new drivetrain when it’s completed, then follow up with pictures of the Pedal Force bike in April.