For me, being an outsider in a new country, owning a bike means I’ve finally become part of the city.
When I was in junior high, my family got me a GIANT city bike. One day after school, I parked it in front of our house — and it got stolen.
Since then, I’ve always felt like I didn’t deserve to own one.
15 years later, I randomly bought a used frame on eBay just to get around… and somehow, that turned into a dream project.
As a kid, having a road bike was something only rich kids could have.
I started from zero — learning the difference between road, gravel, MTB, city, trekking, and all those parts made between 1960 and 2025.
Since I began with just the frame, every single component had to match perfectly.
It was frustrating at times, but I loved the process.
It’s not about the money — it’s about experience.
For the same budget, I could buy something unique, learn a ton, and build it with my own hands.
Some experiences are worth every cent.
My bike: Cannondale CAAD5 105 Compact (2007)
An 18-year-old racing frame brought back to life.
Most parts came from second-hand sites, flea markets, and even Shopee in Taiwan.
The hardest part? The cost of trial and error.
Buying used parts means sometimes they’re bent, worn, or just wrong.
With metal parts, precision is everything — one small mistake, and you’re literally gambling with your life.
There’s still so much more I want to share about this build —
but for now, this is the beginning. ✨
紀錄我的德國生活一部分，一直以來我都覺得身為一個外來種能夠在異地擁有一台自行車就代表正式的融入這個環境這個城市。
以前小時候國中時家裡給了我一台Giant的城市車，結果在我放學回家後停在我家門前被偷，自此後就對擁有自行車感到恐懼，啊就怕被罵啊。
沒啦，其實是覺得「自己不配擁有」。
而後15年，意外在eBay上想說買一輛來代步看看，結果開啟了圓夢的旅程，小時候有一台公路車是有錢人家小孩的特權。
我為何一直提起說從零開始建造我的車，是因為我完全不懂差異，Road, Gravel, MTB, City, Trekking，還有一大堆從1960年到2025年的零件，都要去了解其中差異，研讀大量的資料，因為我是先買這個車架，所以後面全部零件都要能夠剛好對上尺寸才行。
但我很享受這個學習的過程。
不是沒預算，只是如果有相同預算，我可以擁有一台獨一無二的車加上大量的組裝經驗以及相關自行車知識，我覺得這就很划算，這世界上用錢買不到經驗的東西很多，所以能夠用錢買到的經驗那是ok的對我來說。
我的這台車是Cannondale CAAD5 105 Compact 2007
18年前的競速公路車，所以找零件來說很困難，但還是一點一滴從二手網站上一個一個買到，甚至從市集去尋找，然後回台灣的時候在蝦皮上買了一些好料的。
但我覺得最辛苦的就是「試錯成本」，不可能一次就買對，也不可能一直都會買到好零件，很多都是因為自己不懂，買二手，後來發現那是壞的，因為金屬零件這種東西是很講究精度的，歪了斜了，那可能就會是拿命在玩。
想要補充的細節還有很多改天再補上來。
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