Yeah, that's the thing, when you start working on your own bikes you can do a lot of things other people can't do. As to the last generation components that's also true. While I found it quite difficult in the end I ended up with a 6770 DI2 kit for $400 second hand. That's ridiculous really when you consider the price point of DI2 bikes what you pay for one extra gear with an 11speed DI2 didn't suit my budget or my needs for this build. Having a cheap frame also allowed me to drill holes in it without feeling like a bad person.
BB30 kind of just annoys me, like really, why is it nescessary? One of things I considered when flipping between my current bike as a 1500 SLR vs. a CAAD8, or 9 or so is that issue. My Trek and a CAAD8 have fairly similar geometry but the bottom bracket issue became my biggest drawback. Then I found my Trek and haven't really bothered to look backwards. I looked at some CAADs but they never really suited all of my needs.
Last edited by 1500SLR; 04-06-18 at 10:13 PM.