Pikey’s Homemade JAMIS Dakar XCR Expert

By sitting on ones fat ass one can search the world for interesting bike bits, and before you know it you have enough bits to build a bike

Duration: Aprox 10 weeks
Cost: Half the price of buying a similar bike off the shelf in Australia (sorry local bike shops)
Assembly: Me.
Financier: Wife (Quote, for god’s sake go and buy a new bike and stop your whingeing )
All $ AUD

Frame: Jamis 2008 Dakar expert with RP2 shock (USA eBay) $450, Del $75, 2900g (second hand)