I wanted to see how cheap I could build a lil gravel setup for commuting to work during the winter to avoid my carbon bikes and here we are. Roast me.
by daftoxfords
I wanted to see how cheap I could build a lil gravel setup for commuting to work during the winter to avoid my carbon bikes and here we are. Roast me.
by daftoxfords
14 Comments
Note: i’m not counting the tires on the cost here🫠
Seems like it’d work. Are you doing 1×7 or did the bike come with a Hyperglide 8+ speed hub? 1×7 with something like a 40 and 11-34T would kill me here, but otherwise seems solid.
As long as it gets you from point a to point b safely, who am I to hate?
The finished product seems fine for your purpose. Good for you. Why spend more on a winter beater in this economy.
As long as the bolts are tight and you are riding safe then there is nothing to roast.
I would argue the idea of using Amazon in general for anything, you could have tried to source a used frame for cheap from a bike shop or from someone on Craigslist and then gotten used parts. That’s super nitpicky, but if you’re dying to be critiqued then there ya go. Have fun with the bike though
That’s honestly really cool!! I love a bargain build.
I hate it. Looks like a piece of crap. Nice work and should get you from point A to point B!
So, are we now calling every bike, that isn’t a road bike or MTB, a gravel bike?
I don’t hate it
Nice build
Keep an eye on your seatpost clamp. I assemble Amazon bikes for my students, and about 50% of the clamps fail. In this design, a clamp fail means you have a sharpened post for a saddle. 🙁
New seatpost runs $20.
Who cares what we think, ride it brotha!
Nice touch putting it infront of the trash bins 😂
If there’s anything to hate it’s the weird title of this post. Asking for roasts? Come on now, have some self respect.
Ride your way and stop caring about feedback from strangers.
I love it man, solid commuter. My POS has taken me 1000s of miles and I love her.