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Someone I know built a bike from parts mostly ordered online, and ended up somewhere around $2,000 invested (and that's a track bike.)
Here's one in the 'burbs Feb 11:
http://www.chicagowinterbikeswap.com/
The Chicago Bike Swap (presented by Active Trans and Bike Winter) is going to be Feb. 26.
I need to update this listing to reflect the new name:
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/bike-winter-swap-meet-and-1
It should be at least as big as the Harper College swap, and there will be beer. Real beer.
There are a few others presented by school bike orgs and such but I don't have time to search right now.
Sorry I forgot to include this in my last post:
Check out Sly Red's Blackadder Project in the British Bicycles of Chicago group. He didn't build a roadbike, but the project lays out a great template of how to conceive, execute and build a bike.
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