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Once again, the components are more expensive than the frame

Finished!  Or is there work still to be done?

The 700c'ed Murray Baja has finally reached the point of being a safe-to-ride bicycle; I went downtown today and picked up a couple of new brakes (Shimano Sora, which is apparently the cheapest possible road brake from a brand name, and even if not it was the cheapest short-reach brakeset I could find at Universal Cycles) and (after drilling out the fork to accept a recessed nut) installed them and tested the bicycle out.

As of right now (sans lights, fenders & porteur rack) the price list of the bicycle is:

$5
The bicycle.
$14
Glowspek flashing LED pedals (which actually didn’t cost me anything, because I was using a gift card that REI gave me for getting their co-branded credit card.)
$38
Shimano Sora caliper brakes
$6.50
Sheldon’s Fender Nut, which I pulled from my partsbin (I bought a set from Rivendell last year so I could fenderize the front wheel on the Trek; this left me with a spare which I’ve finally used after having it kick around the basement all winter.)

The wheels are the old ones from the Trek, so they didn’t cost me anything, and, unless I end up having to get a new headset, there’s nothing else that needs to be added until the little tear in the saddle cover gets out of control.