For a long time, I have been thinking about buying a cheap bike for a riding around town(urban bike). I saw a few for like $350 but I was hestitant about the parts on them and I saw one at Mad Dog Cycles for about a $1,000 which was too nice, a singlespeed with a quiet rubber chain, had an insulated coffee cup(hot chocolate for me because I am a mormon), was very light, and had very good parts on it but I thought it was too pricey for me for an urban bike.
Instead I thought of a very affordable, recycleable way. Rebuild my old, old bike! This bike was unriddenable since 2005 and was sitting in the basement that long. It is a 2000 Klein Attitude, I wouldn't sell it because the parts were all worn out and bad. It needed a new wheelset, new crankset, new bottom bracket, new everything. So I got on online and looked for the cheapest parts I could get that would suit for the bike. I went to nashbar.com, blueskycycling, and cambriabike.com. This is what I have got:
wheelset: $70
crankset: $40
wider handlebars: $30
white handlebar grips: $9
isis bottombracket: $15
crank bolts: $5
cassette: $35
slick tires: $10 each
tubes: $5 each
one inner cable: $4
v-brake pads: $6 a pair
chain: $25
After figuring out and waiting for the parts arrive(used the cheapest shipping charges), it took three weeks to build finally ride out on the streets. I got mostly the sale items and still saved a lot of money plus I don't have to say goodbye to my old bike! It is perfect for just riding around the roads because the fork leaks when I take it out on the trails. It feels like a new bike again. I can just use it when I don't feel like putting on my cycling shoes and cycling clothes and gear. Just to go out ride with my dogs on Witch's Knoll and up the paved Canyon Road. I also have a bicycle one wheeled trailer I can hook on to go down and get groceries sometime.
