[Closed] New build because of just one part?

Of course. Will no one think of the spare parts?

That poor saddle. Lonely, unused, gathering dust. Building a bike for it is the only humane thing to do.

Anyone built up a whole, brand-new bike, simply because they happened to have one single solitary part that just needed to be allowed to fulfill its existence?

No...not yet...

I have a spare saddle sitting on my desk, staring at me, begging to be used.

That is about the best excuse I've ever seen to justify a brand new build... 😆

I won a pair of forks (in this here magazine / site) and ended up with a new (to me) bike out of it, not a cobbled together collection of spare bits but an additional bike.. still got it, still love it. SS Kona.

Had a bar stem and seatpost here for a couple of days, found myself searching the classifieds for a 29er frame.

Luckily I sold them in time.

I've had a drop handlebar lying around for years (despite never having actually owned a drop-barred bike). One too-cheap-to-pass-up frame, three months, and some choice 2nd-hand puchases later and I have a cross bike.

Agreed Clubber! Can't help now scouring local classifieds, for parts to befriend this lonely Gobi.

Thing is that I managed to rationalise down to one "do-it-all" mountain bike three or so months ago, selling almost all of my old spare bits. Maybe I just can't help feeling that I may not be a one-bike-man.

Ive got a old piss colour mavic 317 on a hope hub thats dying to be part of a pair fitted to a pace build classifieds and ebay are on constant watch 🙂

Yes I have a Renthal Fatbar with ODI Longnecks on it and I'm about to build a full new hardtail around it.

On the other hand I just sold my almost perfect bike because of the PF30 bottom bracket.

I rationalised down to one MTB a few years back. Let's just say that it seems to have reproduced... 😉

@ parksie: have you scoured retrobike ads? There have been a few of those citron Mavic rims for sale over the last few months on the '1998 on' board.

😀

Watching a pair on ebay atm also got excited at the red pace frame but its too small 🙁

It was my dream bike when i started riding, worrried when i finnaly build one ill hate it
😆

I built a whyte 19 carbon hardtail from a Thomson seat post. So what started as a £70 post ended up being a bike costing over £2.5 k. Only to find At the end I discovered I needed a 410 mm post and not the 367 mm I started with 😳

Got a spoon ready to sit on top of something, but I am moving on other parts to help fund, just can't say what it is though

A mate bent his chainring and used it to buy a whole new bike.

Well, he would have needed a new chain set, might as well get a new bottom bracket if you do that, why not service the forks, rim was worne, could get a new wheel why not get a front disk brake while he was at it, get a new frame to get a rear disk.....

that was 5 years ago, he bent a chair ring the other day... and bought a chain ring. I was dissapointed

I broke a seatpost once and my wife suggested I needed a new bike.

Who am I to disagree with a woman?

Not built a bike from one bit, but built a new bike because the free hub on my old GT died! Cost me about £600 to build up. Then a few months later I fitted a free hub from a spare hub I had hanging around and gave the wheel to my bro in law!!

Shhh, don't tell the missus.....

OP, I bet you'll get the bike built and find the saddle hurts your arse 😆

I have a spare saddle sitting on my desk, staring at me, begging to be used.

Best way to get the rest of the components is to buy a whole new bike and put the saddle on that.

But wait...

I built a bike from a pair of Easton EA90 handlebars. Seemed a shame they were wasted so various bits were built to add to them. Turned out 680mm bars weren't wide enough anyway so I had to buy some new bars anyway.

Right now, I also have a pair of drop bars, a stem and a saddle sitting around. Hmm...

I have a pair of xc 26'' wheels, I'm thinking of building a 29er around them.

Yes - I find a nice stem just sitting there is a real tempter....

I bought a 29er tube by mistake so I bought a 29er (setup tubeless)

I have a thimble full of stans left..needs some new wheels to go with it and then obviously another bike. Actually thinking about a black sheep ti fat bike....god that's going to be an expensive pool of latex!

someone on twitter was saying that they dreamed they owned a fat bike and was this sufficient justification for buying one.

Consensus was that it justified a purchase.

So you don't need to actually own any physical parts, just have a dream.

I built my unit because of that.

Had some crank brother bars and some conti tyres sitting around, when I finished the build it had some element bars and ardents!!!

I seem to be snapping up nice pieces of finishing kit when they come up cheap on eBay to go in the parts bin.... For this very reason!

I have a hope XC 28h front hub in my parts bin... thinking of building a disc-braked CX bike around it...

I have a spare 10-speed chain and have been pricing up a Cotic Soul to go with it....

Pretty sure I have a crown race in the garage somewhere.

Hmmmm

Yup.

I had a lefty Fork lying around.

So I built a Singlespeed.

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I wanted a belt-drive bike, so I bought a Gates belt.
Then built a bike around it. Does that count?

I wanted a belt-drive bike, so I bought a Gates belt.
Then built a bike around it. Does that count?

Works for me. If you ever do [s]need[/s] want another bike, I'm also happy to write a referral 🙂