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While I'm almost done with getting my hands on the parts, and just ordered the last bits and bobs to finally put this together as a whole bike, I thought I'd document the process :)
During lockdown I've been furloughed, so had a lot more time on my hands than usual, and been excessively browsing ebay and other sites for bike stuff. Not that I needed any. I've stumbled upon a Space Chicken frame by On-one in my size. The seller said he most definitely wont be posting it, or packaging it up for courier. In person pick-up only, and this kept the price real low. It was from a job-lot auction of a bike shop closing down. Thankfully I could work with these conditions, and got myself the frame at a price Im ashamed to even write down.
Now comes the catch: It was completely gutted. All spares missing: mech hanger, axles, fork, headset, seatclamp, and even the cable guide grommets.
The purpose of the build:
I want to race the upcoming CX season, and I was looking to buy either an older AL CX frame with cantilever brakes so that I can move most of my current setup over, OR get my hands on a great deal with disc brakes. I can totally work with the gravel geometry.
Because I'm not in any hurry with this build, I was looking out for great deals on everything, and tried to pick parts that are really lightweight, but known to be reliable. Its looking like it will be around 8.3kg with road tyres.
I'll continuously update this thread over the next few days with the parts that I've got so far :)