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@psg1ben probably spent about £100 all told... £26 on the back wheel (could have got something cheaper but was bored of waiting), £20 on bars and stem (which for some reason I thought would be difficult to find), £10 on levers, £9 on the sprocket, plus some amount on tyres, tubes, bar tape, saddle and seatpost and fork which were a couple of quid each.
About the ugly look... Maybe I'm just bored now that I'm not working on any of my bikes! But I'll have no income in 2 months so spending money to make my bike look nice is probably a waste.
@vp1337 I actually chucked on the bar end shifter, cassette and derailleur last night just out of boredom really. Once again I forgot that you need an inline barrell adjuster when you mix SRAM MTB/road components so I'll have to pop to the shop to find one of those. But it looks like it works anyway. Cross chaining is massive because I'm still using the big ring and my cabling is awful because I didn't bother to unwrap the bars yet, but I'll get a pic in a bit. Could probably do with a 11-40 or 36 if I can get one cheap.
@blacklisted I've sorted the brake lever since that picture. Need to properly adjust the cantis again now but at least I'm not getting RSI from stretching to pull the brakes.