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@frankenbike
Built this lad for a trip to Majorca.
(sorry for bad photo, I really need to sort my phone out)
Thought I would add a bit more detail in here.
Frameset cost ~£275 so all in under £400 I think if you exclude parts I already had (e.g. shifters would've been quite expensive to buy). Weight is approx 7.5 kg according to my bathroom scales - definitely could get that down a lot with nicer wheels and better bars/stem/etc. but I'm not the type to invest a lot of money in weight. Nicer wheels would be first priority on that front.
Front wheel is Mavic Ksyrium that used to be on that fixie just above. Rear is borrowed off my friend. Tubes spare. Tyres are Mavic something bought for £15/set, basically new. Total: £15
Levers came off my Kona, and I subsequently reassembled the front shifter. For the time being Kona is going to get bar ends and single-speed levers out of the parts bin. So it'll be downtube front, bar end rear for a nice reliable setup. £0
Bars on Giant also are off Kona, which currently has the On-One Midge bars. Absolutely not right for this build but I don't care. Stem is Deda something or other 110mm, which came on a friend's bike but was replaced with a 120mm free-of-charge by Ribble. Didn't want to commit to buying a stem without riding it and getting some idea of required length, and didn't have a spare so borrowing that for now. £0
Crankset is Truvativ Elita (GXP) that ended up spare after my 1x/sub-compact experimentation on Kona. For Kona I have two cranksets: one triple with subcompact rings and one double with 1x ring. For the life of me I can't remember why I ever bought the spare set. But it's nice that they're all compatible I guess. Giant is press-fit which I don't like, but actually the installation was fairly easy using the Park Tool press at a local shop. We'll see if I get any creaking. €29.23 for BB.
Pedals are cheapie Shimano SPD-SLs that I've had for years. Bottle cages will be nicked from Kona, but I'm all in on the Tacx Deva train (30g, £7.50) so I think I'll just buy a bunch more of those when necessary. £0
Saddle, seatpost, brakes all came with the bike. Don't know what they are but the saddle is a Specialized something and seems pretty lightweight. Will be taking my Fabric Line as a backup but want to see how I get on with this saddle first. Brake pads are Koolstop Salmon that I had leftover. £0.
Cassette: cheap 10-speed 11-28 which was a Sunrace CSRS1 for €22.17 which is 267g. I like their wide range cassettes so hopefully this is decent too. I hate the fact that my lowest gear is 34/28 but that's just the way it is because of the derailleur, which is Rival short cage. Front is Rival too. Bought the derailleurs a while ago with a road bike in mind, think I paid £20? Not sure. Chain is KMC X10-93 for €18.14, probably splurged there.
Longer term I have all the parts for a cheapskate TT cockpit except a base bar, ie. clip on aero bars, TT shifters and TT brake levers. I think I will set this up with cable decouplers on both the brakes and gears. Then I can just unscrew the cable decouplers, take off faceplate, swap whole bar over and screw in the other cables if I want to do a tr**thlon or something (which is part of the justification for buying this bike). But as I need 4 decouplers for each bar that's £80, so I need a cheaper solution before I go down that road.