Help Building This Out Cheapie Or VT Or Other Riders

[smeakim]

I am looking for suggestions for building this out. I got a steal of a deal on the frame. Its by origin-8 called the FoxTrot. Its a cyclecross frame but its very close to the geometry of my road bike so I may use it for that more than cyclecross. It has a full carbon rear and full carbon front fork. The front triangle is the only alumnium. I got the frame with fork, stem, and headset for $250 (new). Thats why I could not pass it up.

http://www.origin-8.com/flash/foxTrot.jpg

The below is what I was thinking....

Ultegra SL 6650 Crank (Compact) or Rival OCT 2009 Compact or ???
SRAM Rival 2009 Shifters or ???
SRAM Rival Front and Rear Dderailleur or ???
Avid Shorty 6 Brakes or ???
FSA SLK Seat Post or ???
FSA Energy Bar or ???
Pedals Speed Play Zeros (unless I use it for cross of course)
Fizik Airone Saddle (already have)

Wheelset I already have....

Open to all thoughts an dsuggestions.... I was hoping to do it all for less than 1K so I know I am limted bt I think the above would be a pretty good ride.

[VTGreg]

I am looking for suggestions for building this out. I got a steal of a deal on the frame. Its by origin-8 called the FoxTrot. Its a cyclecross frame but its very close to the geometry of my road bike so I may use it for that more than cyclecross. It has a full carbon rear and full carbon front fork. The front triangle is the only alumnium. I got the frame with fork, stem, and headset for $250 (new). Thats why I could not pass it up.

http://www.origin-8.com/flash/foxTrot.jpg

The below is what I was thinking....

Ultegra SL 6650 Crank (Compact) or Rival OCT 2009 Compact or ???
SRAM Rival 2009 Shifters or ???
SRAM Rival Front and Rear Dderailleur or ???
Avid Shorty 6 Brakes or ???
FSA SLK Seat Post or ???
FSA Energy Bar or ???
Pedals Speed Play Zeros (unless I use it for cross of course)
Fizik Airone Saddle (already have)

Wheelset I already have....

Open to all thoughts an dsuggestions.... I was hoping to do it all for less than 1K so I know I am limted bt I think the above would be a pretty good ride.


Sounds like a pretty nice find. Only thing I would suggest is doing a Force crank instead of Rival. Have heard spotty reviews on the Rival crank. I want to build out either a Force or Red bike in the near future but am probably going to wait until the end of the year for some serious steals.

Have you ridden on SRAM before?

[smeakim]

No I have not ridden on them before. I am going to stop at a shop on my ride home to try them out. I hear good stuff about them compared to the Ultegra SL shifters and the doubletap seems pretty slick. Have you? What do you think of them?