Hey - I have a 2010 cube peloton that I have mostly kept serviced and cleaned up regularly (Chains/brake cables/cassettes etc over the years).
I noticed recently a couple of issues tho:
Steering stiff - (new headset bearings)
Carbon fork - bubling around the paint (Could be the alu/carbon bonding loose - probably a new fork)
Bottom bracket creaky (but always has been - so can let it slide a bit)
Brake calipers get on a bit, but still functional
and finally - the trusty shimano R500 rear wheel gave up and imploded on me (it had been buckled and repaired so many times)!
I have a bike stand and some time on my hands so was thinking about buying some parts to fix it up (I guess for around 300).
Any thoughts on this? I dont really want to buy a new bike until I can afford something much better and I enjoy the size/ feel of what I had - but is it crazy to spend so much on an old bike?
I noticed recently a couple of issues tho:
Steering stiff - (new headset bearings)
Carbon fork - bubling around the paint (Could be the alu/carbon bonding loose - probably a new fork)
Bottom bracket creaky (but always has been - so can let it slide a bit)
Brake calipers get on a bit, but still functional
and finally - the trusty shimano R500 rear wheel gave up and imploded on me (it had been buckled and repaired so many times)!
I have a bike stand and some time on my hands so was thinking about buying some parts to fix it up (I guess for around 300).
Any thoughts on this? I dont really want to buy a new bike until I can afford something much better and I enjoy the size/ feel of what I had - but is it crazy to spend so much on an old bike?