Self Build - £10,000 budget. Could you spend it?

jonny_monster

If so, what on?

nicklouse

easy.

expensive bits.

weescott

I would build my self esteem by spending 10k on top class hookers. Then wallow in a sea of self pitty for a week and buy an Apollo.

supersonic

If someone gave me 10k and said you must spend it all ona custom bike, Brewster's Millions style, no problem!

RevellRider

Only £10,000?

1340jas

Orange 5 Pro and the rest on guitars and a Marshall stack.............

bike-a-swan

Two 5k bikes in different colours to match what I wanted to wear.

Steve_F

Never going to be a problem spending that kind of money. I'm sure there are frames out there close to that. Add in a custom paint job and top end components I'd probably run out of money and have to put a set of plastic pedals on out of my random pedal bag!!

Alex

You ask, I deliver. Nothing silly, no choosing inappropriate stuff just cause it's the most expensive thing, just a list of things I'd like to put on my M9 when I get it next year.

Plus another D3 carbon to round it up to £10K

Frame Intense M9 3200
Headset Cane Creek Angleset (Included with frame) -
Fork BOS Idylle Rare 1813
Shock BOS Stoy 686
Spring Obtainium ti (inc shipping + taxes) 250
Wheelset I9 DH 799.99
Cranks Shimano XTR M985 349.99
Brakes Forumla The One 419.98
Brake Rotors - - -
Rear mech Sram XX 209.99
Shifter Sram XX 224.99
Cassette KCNC Scandium 10 164.99
Chain Device E.13 LG1 116.99
Chainring Renthal Ultralight36 39.99
Chain ring bolts Middleburn narrow 13.99
Chain Sram PC1090R Hollow Pin Chain 10sp 44.99
Pedals Burgtec Penthouse Flat Ti £185
Seatpost Thomson Elite inline 62.99
Seat Selle SMP carbon, steel rails 339.99
Seatpost collar Controltech Carbon 31.8 44.99
Stem Pointone Split Second DM 134.99
Bars Gravity 777 71.99
Grips ODI Longneck 19.99
Bar end Caps Hope Gripdoctor 15
Tyres Dry Maxxis Minion F UST 71.98
Tyres Inter Maxxis Highroller UST 71.98
Tyres Wet Maxxis Wet Scream UST 71.98
Sealant Hutchinson Protectair tubless liquid 56
Cables Gore Ride on 39.99
D TLD D3 Carbon medusa 450
Total: 9971.76

jonny_monster

Wow... you've actually thought about it!

Father Faff

Och well I've got the seatpost so far - just another £9900 to go....

Xgreygoose

Easy. Mine is already pass the 10k mark

njee20

Pinarello Prince, Di2 with SRM cranks, Reynolds RZRs.

Actually that's significantly over £10k, better up that budget...

Eyon

I'd buy something very carbony, with full sram xx, with more carbon bits on it, and with a nice fork, some more carbon, a smattering of titanium and then for good measure I'd get it custom sprayed for me to be properly unique!

paul.skibum

Alex wrote:

You ask, I deliver. Nothing silly, no choosing inappropriate stuff just cause it's the most expensive thing, just a list of things I'd like to put on my M9 when I get it next year.

Plus another D3 carbon to round it up to £10K

Frame Intense M9 3200
Headset Cane Creek Angleset (Included with frame) -
Fork BOS Idylle Rare 1813
Shock BOS Stoy 686
Spring Obtainium ti (inc shipping + taxes) 250
Wheelset I9 DH 799.99
Cranks Shimano XTR M985 349.99
Brakes Forumla The One 419.98
Brake Rotors - - -
Rear mech Sram XX 209.99
Shifter Sram XX 224.99
Cassette KCNC Scandium 10 164.99
Chain Device E.13 LG1 116.99
Chainring Renthal Ultralight36 39.99
Chain ring bolts Middleburn narrow 13.99
Chain Sram PC1090R Hollow Pin Chain 10sp 44.99
Pedals Burgtec Penthouse Flat Ti £185
Seatpost Thomson Elite inline 62.99
Seat Selle SMP carbon, steel rails 339.99
Seatpost collar Controltech Carbon 31.8 44.99
Stem Pointone Split Second DM 134.99
Bars Gravity 777 71.99
Grips ODI Longneck 19.99
Bar end Caps Hope Gripdoctor 15
Tyres Dry Maxxis Minion F UST 71.98
Tyres Inter Maxxis Highroller UST 71.98
Tyres Wet Maxxis Wet Scream UST 71.98
Sealant Hutchinson Protectair tubless liquid 56
Cables Gore Ride on 39.99
D TLD D3 Carbon medusa 450
Total: 9971.76

I like this - I'll have one. But it appears to need 3 tyres........extreme trike action?!

njee20

I'd change that cassette choice, the scandium sprockets have a habit of snapping under XC whippets, not sure about them on a DH bike!

.blitz

jonny_monster wrote:

£10,000 budget. Could you spend it?

On a bicycle? hahahahahahaha

No.

njee20

A very quick tot-up of what I'd do on an MTB comes out at under £8000, so I reckon I'd struggle!

Top Fuel 9.9
SID World Cup
XTR cranks, single ring
XX elsewhere
Innolite XCC250/Tune Prince/Princess wheels
Nice carbon finishing kit

It's certainly easier to spend that sort of money on a road bike.

xtreem

£5000 on Genius LT 10

£5000 on a car

paulbox

paul.skibum wrote:

I like this - I'll have one. But it appears to need 3 tyres........extreme trike action?!

Sorry if you were just joking... But he listed three sets of tyres to cope with different conditions.