Wheels On Fire Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Hey all! So I have this idea in my head, and I would kinda like to know what you all think. Why? Because I want to start a project and sell it when it is finished! I am currently on a Merida Big Nine Team. The 2012 model. I am yet to pick up my new 2015 Big Nine Team Frame. So I had a thought. Rather than just rebuild the bike as is with the old components, I want to invest a little in this and make a project out of it. My idea: - I was thinking of doing a custom paint job on the crankset (still with matching black/green/white colourscheme), just to add in a bit of freshness.- I want to rebuild the wheels and incorporate some green & silver nipples and about 6 green spokes paired with white Pillar Spokes laced to Dt Swiss 240s hubs and I completely blacked the scandium rims by removing the stickers,.- Have the DT Swiss XM100 carbon fork changed from 100mm travel to 80mm of travel with the idea of some white black and green paintjob for the fork lowers maybe?- Get a X01 groupset fitted on the bike, in contrast with the 1x10 XX drivetrain that is currently fitted.- I want to give special attention to the small stuff, which will make this bike one of a kind. Maybe with some custom gold Avid Matchmakers and gold bolts all round? If you like the idea of going all Titanium bolts, let me know!- Added features like a built in powermeter/disc preference etc can be talked about! The new frame is going to be fitted with a carbon ProCraft cockpit allround, and some Spez tyres and Supacaz grips! My goal with this bike is to make it the only one of it's kind in SA. Obviously I will give some thought to the weight factor, and not turn this bike into a tractor. I had a thought of throwing some carbon wheels onto those white & green spokes and DT hubs, but would anybody be interested in buying this bike with some carbon hoops? If so, it will definitely be new Roval Rims with a custom paint job I think. The penultimate thing I think would be is to fit this bike with an XTR Di2 groupset hey? Would anyone buy this bike if it fell somewhere in the 45-55k price range? It's going to be a specTACULAR ride Let me know! Maybe I can change my idea's to fit the buyers' choices like some enve carbon hoops or a different cockpit or anything really! Thanks!
Jimmy 2.0 Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Can you please post updates of the project! I'm very interested to see how the bike turns out.
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