Hi everyone.
I've been using a trek 7.3fx for a couple of years now as a city bike and I can't fault it - however on longer journeys it gets uncomfortable, it's a little small now and now that I've tried drop bars it feels like I'm riding a kid's tricycle when I ride it. I've got an old racing bike at university (am home on holiday at the moment) and it's much more to my taste - it's a pretty hefty steel frame, at least a 60cm frame size and so much more comfortable (it seems alu is really, really bad at dampening any vibrations....). I'm thinking of doing some longer distance stuff in the summer, possibly going round france with a couple of friends. Is it worth selling the trek and getting a new bike altogether (it would serve as an upgrade for my weekend rides too, I was looking at something like a dawes vantage or a tifosi ck7c which I saw on gumtree) or could i easily do some upgrades on my uni bike? Here's a picture of it:
It runs pretty smoothly, the brakes could do with replacing and possibly the rear cassette/hub as it makes a sort of groaning noise if I put the power down sometimes. The transmission is good (new chain possibly too). The third option would be to sort of combine my nice trek which still has great wheels with the classic bike pictured above (is that the brand?) and salvage some parts. Like I've said, I really like the ride of my uni bike and it feels as strong as anything so should take a heavy load.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance
I've been using a trek 7.3fx for a couple of years now as a city bike and I can't fault it - however on longer journeys it gets uncomfortable, it's a little small now and now that I've tried drop bars it feels like I'm riding a kid's tricycle when I ride it. I've got an old racing bike at university (am home on holiday at the moment) and it's much more to my taste - it's a pretty hefty steel frame, at least a 60cm frame size and so much more comfortable (it seems alu is really, really bad at dampening any vibrations....). I'm thinking of doing some longer distance stuff in the summer, possibly going round france with a couple of friends. Is it worth selling the trek and getting a new bike altogether (it would serve as an upgrade for my weekend rides too, I was looking at something like a dawes vantage or a tifosi ck7c which I saw on gumtree) or could i easily do some upgrades on my uni bike? Here's a picture of it:
It runs pretty smoothly, the brakes could do with replacing and possibly the rear cassette/hub as it makes a sort of groaning noise if I put the power down sometimes. The transmission is good (new chain possibly too). The third option would be to sort of combine my nice trek which still has great wheels with the classic bike pictured above (is that the brand?) and salvage some parts. Like I've said, I really like the ride of my uni bike and it feels as strong as anything so should take a heavy load.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance