Current Projects chat and miscellany

My 585 Ultra was <£1200 for f&f, so I saved a grand I could put towards building it up. I then saved about £200 on the chainset by buying Record 10v after the 11v came out, and so on. If you take all the savings I made by shopping in the sales, getting last year's model etc. and then subtract that from what I actually paid, I reckon I got the whole bike practically for free. I'm pretty sure that's how economics works :-)

Unfortunately my budget is finite this year - maths jiggery pokery and self-delusion isn't going to cut the mustard :)

I don't really have time for a project unfortunately.

I have already convinced myself to expand my budget to £1700 from £1000 (because "it's better value for money", "I won't end up replacing everything after 6 months" and "I'll end up with a bike i like, not a planet x" etc etc /self-delusion!)..

I would happily spend £1200 on a frame, but that would leave me with £500 for the rest of the bike.. don't think a Look with mirage and planet x wheelset would really be right :)