optimus1933

halp!

jim-bob

Give Yamaguchi a call.

Gotcha38

Any TI builder that does customs.

NoCash27

Haha. That's my friend's bike. I think he posted a thread about it a while ago, but not many people knew about the frame. It was like Cita or something weird like that. He bought it off someone else.

optimus1933

gotcha and everyone else for that matter, i forgot to menchoin its only 14 pounds. i would like mine to weight that much to if i ever get to buy one.

jim-bob

Why?

optimus1933

because i like light bikes.
lol

Live Wire 

...and the gooch would look so much better. The seat tube bend on the pictured bike doesn't flow, at all.

Gotcha38

Call the builders and tell them your specs. Some can build it for you, and if they can't they'll know someone who can. Easy Peasy Japaneesey.

optimus1933

yeah, never thought of that

and can anyone refer a good frame builder in the bay area(ca)?

jim-bob

What's your budget?

optimus1933

non yet im hoping to put the earnings of my summer job this summer all toward a juicy bike
soo maybe around 1000, including all parts

UCP

yeah? good luck.

jim-bob

I think custom may be out of your price range.

seedubs1

haha, yeah, for $1000 for the whole bike, you're not going to be able to get a custom built frame.

sp00ki

why wouldn't you? unless you're a larger rider, a 14 pound track bike would be awesome.

1000 sterling pounds get you two thirds of a custom+components if you happen to find a builder looking to build up a client base; us dollars ain't coming close.

expect to spend over a grand on that caliber of custom frame alone (in steel; closer to three grand if it's ti).

Build your own

I don't want to crush your hopes and dreams,but in the world of bicycles $1000 is not a lot of money and is used up rather quickly.Unless you have a way of getting parts @cost(work@ a shop or something)or spend a ton of time hunting for super deals on e-bay,it kinda goes like this:
Low end Bar,Stem ,Tape/Grips - $100
Low end Seat+ Post - $100
Crank - $40(super low)-$100(low)
Low end Pedals,Cages,Straps - $100
Wheels - $150(super low)-$350(decent) Wheels are one thing you don't want to cheap out on
Tires+Tubes - $50-$100
That leaves you enough money for a Pake or Kilo Frame.

optimus1933

im thinking i can get one for around a grand, becuz the seller of that bike built it up for 1050 sellin it for 950, soo yee
he just hasnt replied yet as to where he got is :s
im impatient thats why i made a thread lol

coppertop4646

Low End Bar, Stem, Grips - 45$
Low End Seat + Post - 40$
Low End Pedals Cages Straps - 20$
Wheels - 150$
Tires + Tubes - 25$

jtarver

Shopping for a bike far above your needs with money you haven't made yet...Thanks for perpetuating the ideals that are ruining the global economy!

sp00ki

low end bar, stem, grips - 24.50
low end seat + post - 24.50
low end blah blah

you get my point. regardless, he's not getting the thing in the picture at a budget. hell, he can get a bike for ten bucks with no issues; that's not what's going on here though...

NoCash27

I told you, that's my friend's bike. He bought it off some other guy on CL. He just bought the frame I think, hence the PAKE cranks from another bike he had.

jim-bob

What do you mean by 'custom', exactly? Because if you mean you talk to a framebuilder one-on-one and he fastens a bunch of tubes together in a way you two agree on, that ain't gonna happen for $1k complete unless the guy's your best friend.

Gotcha38

So just buy his.

jim-bob

Not custom, but this is dirt cheap for a handbuilt bike: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/1125973968.html