Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
Anyone who sneers at building a new frame up for you isn't worth the time. The guy down the street from me did my build for the Hyak - no sneering involved. I'm sure he'd love a nice Italian steel frame to work on. Buliding up a bike isn't too terribly cheap though..... I put mostly Shimano 105 stuff on my Hyak and I already had the wheels and the brifters and it still cost about $900. To go Campy would be more than that.
Yes indeedy - what she said. I bought a BARGAIN Aegis Swift frame and fork off eBay (never built, 1999 model) in late 2003 and had it built up in early 2004. I chose the Campy Chorus group, and at the time there were no compact cranksets made by Campy so I had to spring extra for the FSA carbon pro compact crankset. I already had pedals and saddle, so the rest was seatpost (nothing too fancy as the diameter was too small for carbon, and I needed setback so just went with a moderate aluminum model), handlebars (Salsa Pocos), stem, and Mavic Kysirum Elite wheelset. Cost for the build was $2450 -- and that was three years ago. Just a datapoint for you. She was a dream bike, but any time you build a bike from scratch, it's gonna cost you. It's worth it if the bike fits like a dream and is perfect for you!

My Aegis is very close to the purply color of the Mondonico. That's a gorgeous bike!

Emily