Pretty sure Jenson has 20% off 1 full priced item EVERY DAY. Most of their stuff is never full priced tho.20% off one full price item at JensonUSA for Cyber Monday. Pretty much everything I wanted was “excluded” from the offer. Thought I’d try one more time... BINGO, snapped up a snazzy Race Face Turbine R 35 Stem. Free shipping and no tax makes the deal that much sweeter.
Build thread coming soon.
LOL. That is true but if you’ve ever tried to use the redemption on anything over $50, it usually gets rejected. This find is a win in my book.Pretty sure Jenson has 20% off 1 full priced item EVERY DAY. Most of their stuff is never full priced tho.
Haha my son is also my worst enemy at times. " Dad is that a new seat and grips"I was on the same color hike thing for awhile and I agree, it works. It also works to take the wheels off bikes as somehow the rest of the bike is invisible without wheels on. Also different location throughout the garage helps too. That being said, don’t commute to work on a bike and leave a different one in its spot ?
I have since moved on to random colored bikes but the biggest threat to my new gear is my 12 year old son. I have a running joke with @Mountain Bike Mike to see how long something is in the garage before he notices and it is typically minutes. IDK, he senses it or something or maybe sense that he is getting the hand-me-down or whatever the part is replacing.
The struggle is real.
a.s. said:I’m going to build a sweet ass rig at a BARGAIN price. I’m going to accomplished this by taking my time and cherry picking parts ...closeout deals, eBay bargains, lightly used parts for sale on various forums, etc. The budget is around $5K. No kidneys will need to be sold.
Nice ? what’s the custom color ?Well that went out the window pretty quick. Changed my mind and went with the Orbea Occam frame, which cost $1200 more than the Norco Optic. Then I decided to go with Sram XO Eagle instead of GX. Of course I couldn’t have alloy RF Turbine cranks with XO parts so I went with the carbon Next R cranks.... see where this is going.
Needless to say my bargain bike build has been upgraded to a straight up dream bike build. I still managed to get everything at a good-great price and have all the parts sitting in my garage (minus a bottom bracket). Custom painted frame arrives in April.
Electric Blue and PurpleNice ? what’s the custom color ?
140 ...but only because I already purchased a RS Pike Ultimate anticipating it was going on a Norco Optic. All things considered it’s probably a better choice for the type of riding I do.are you going with 140 or 150 up front?
didn't like the Grip2 Fox for it?
Well that went out the window pretty quick. Changed my mind and went with the Orbea Occam frame, which cost $1200 more than the Norco Optic. Then I decided to go with Sram XO Eagle instead of GX. Of course I couldn’t have alloy RF Turbine cranks with XO parts so I went with the carbon Next R cranks.... see where this is going.
Needless to say my bargain bike build has been upgraded to a straight up dream bike build. I still managed to get everything at a good-great price and have all the parts sitting in my garage (minus a bottom bracket). Custom painted frame arrives in April.
I can't wrap my head around how a bargain bike is built with a $5k budget.
Think of it like this .... If you paid $350,000 for a new Lamborghini Aventador then that would be a bargain since it costs close to $500K. After all is said and done, I'll have a sweet ride that is worth much more than what I ended up paying. That my friends is a what you call a bargain.
Lets hope whoever is building my frame doesn’t contract the Coronavirus.Damn