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@Borek
Hi,
I did a little bit of time trialing last year on my Dolan Precursa, enjoyed it a lot, but got a bit fed up of changing my bike setup every week. So this year i decided to try and build myself a bike solely for TT's for under £200.
Started out with this frame, which i got on eBay for £55. its 531, but the forks aren't original and are really heavy and shit. one day they might be replaced. It has had a bit of a dodgy past, with a new BB shell being brazed in and a stuck seat post being removed, hence the black paint.
now i got the frame a few months ago, and spent a while looking out for good deals, i managed to get:
Navigator Pista rear wheel - £20
Shimano SPD pedals - £5
Sprocket and Lockring - £7
Bars - £15
seatpost - £5
Brake Caliper - £3!!!
Stem - £20
bar tape - £4.
Quill-Ahead converter - £10
Tyre - £10
so that brings my price up to £154. and the rest of the parts I either had or managed to get for free!
this was the bike as first built up, i managed to take it out and do a lap of the local 8.3 mile TT circuit in just over 22 minutes which might not be great, but is better than anything i managed last year!
and here it is as of now, i swapped the post for a silver one, covered up the red on the saddle, bought a new chain (£6) and some new brake pads (£10) this brings my total to £170 for a complete bike ready to do some time trialling on, which i am very pleased with!
I plan to find some tighter clearance 531 forks, a seatpost without any set back, and some newer SPD's, the ones i have have lots of slop in. if anybody has any of these things for sale let me know :-)
anyway, I hope you like it!
Rob