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Yeah, £40 a month might not happen, and might not be enough for the whole thing but I'm in no big rush so will see how far I get without spending too much over that each month. My main problem will be getting impatient and wanting it finished with shiney new parts!

Yeah, still 3 days on the Pashley so I'll keep an eye on it (guessing it'll go up a fair bit from the £50 start price seeing as it includes bottom bracket, forks, headset and handlebars). Going up to Scotland mountain biking in a few weeks so could make a detour for it. My rough plan is to stick to the £40 per month free spending I get from work- so the planet x would fit that.....but things rarely go to plan!

I've put in a bid for the Vario, collection only for the Pashley is putting me off that one (London to Tyne and Wear and back would take me a while and cost a few quid!), the Zebdi is looking tempting- available on buy it now for £29- but no bottom bracket is putting me off a bit (I see from this forum that it originally came with a middleburn RS7 ISIS 68x118 but they don't seem to be for sale anymore, I assume I can use any other ISIS 68x118 bottom brackets though...but £20-£50 extra cost).

Nice one man, those seem just the thing.

Cheers guys. Yeah, not keen on going all out for something like the Onza T Pro, looking for 26" (or possibly 24") and some sort of saddle- a sort of mountain bike/street trials crossover, the Hex looks more like what I'm after.....small problem of the £400 frame price tag though! I was thinking more along the lines of getting a small strong and light mountain bike frame that can get the saddle down low (like the 14" Trek 4500 Azonic DS-1 I have just seen on eBay) then gradually adding trials parts to it with my £40 per month budget. Bad idea? Are there any recommendations for cheap non-trials specific mountain bike frames that would work well for this for a 26" build? ....Im assuming that if I can find something strong, light, relatively small (considering I'm 6'3) and with geometry that can get the saddle out of the way then that would be a reasonable starting point?

Hi, I've been lurking on the forum for a while now signed up to ask a question.... My work give me £40 a month for 'sporting activities' and I am considering gradually building a 26" street/trails mountain bike as I need to spend the cash each month rather than saving it and buying a complete bike. I'm 6'3 and used to mountain biking so am guessing 26" is the best way to go. Is this wise? Any advise? Any frame/parts recommendations? Here's a bit of background: I mountain bike a lot and have recently eneded up doing a fair bit of mucking about learning trials basics on my hardtail genesis core 40 but the frame means that the saddle won't go very low and I have the feeling it is knackering the bike a bit (I'm trying pedal kicks but hear that it could damage the bike as it isnt designed for breaking stress in those directions) and I might be better off gettting something specifically for trials stuff.