• Friend of mine has asked for help as he wants a nicer bike. He has a budget of £150, for something completely different or, has suggested I could do up his current one:

    Quite tempted by the challenge but wouldn't really know which direction to take it in.

    If it's possible to fix it up super cheaply and use a couple of nice parts on it then it could be viable I guess?

    he just cruises around commuting etc on it so it'd need slicks, and could be single speed or 1x gearing with flat bars and thumb shifters.

    Think he's also up for running it single speed. He's completely clueless anyway so it's kinda hard to discern what he wants.

  • pair new conti slicks: 20
    deore rd (ebay): 10
    thumbshifter (ebay): 5
    nicer crankset: 20
    new cassette and chain: 25
    nicer bars, bit of sweep: 10
    nicer grips: 10
    nicer stem: 10

    will feel like a new bike

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