Originally Posted by
carleton
I took the liberty of highlighting the massive assumptions you have made.
If this kid builds a bike from scratch I will mail you $10 (ten dollars).
If he buys a complete bike (new or used) or doesn't complete the project (for ANY reason) I'll gladly accept $1 (one dollar)...and a public "You were right."
If nothing happens (buy or build) within 2 months, we can assume that the project is a failure.
Deal?
Put your money where your mouth is.
I'm not arguing whether or not the OP will or won't buy complete, if they are open to buying complete and have a tight budget then I think they definitely should. However, if OP really wants to build from scratch and has a big budget, then why shouldn't they. I'd say that people are making a pretty big assumption in the fact that everyone assumes the OP is concerned with money. Maybe they have a huge budget and don't mind spending upwards of $1000.
Unfortunately none of us seem to know anything about what the OP is looking for, because they haven't given us any sort of details about budget, goals, etc. So really all of us are making assumptions.