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no job
save for my dream bike.Please teach me this method.
OT: Really like the TREK! Good looking paint. Nice plans as well. Does the frame have eyelets for guards?
Tijs-
Im still figuring it out but essentially means living with the in laws for two weeks when we get back to the UK and sponging off my girlfriends savings for beer money. At 36 I’m winning at life.
OT: looks like the front forks do so am assuming rear forks also. Like I say - regretting/panicking a little on these details as I only have the pics above to go by.
dsalmon
Panicking about returning to the UK with no job I bought an early 90s Trek off eBay. Ambition is to use it for my first forays into the world of audax while I save for my dream bike.
Like any eBay purchase, I’m already regretting it. Current owner has done a respray and added terrible decals that don’t match the frame date or don’t make sense.
From what I can tell the groupset was updated to shimano sora at some point, he’s kept the brifters and groupset but swapped in some bits from the parts bin - ribble (?) wheelset, awful bar tape and fugly seat. Pics of state of bike when he purchased it below.
All aesthetic so not a bad place to start from. Will collect it in mid-March, hopefully use Railway Touring Club ride as a test run, and slowly upgrade parts throughout the year once I have an income. Likely to be all second hand parts though.
Thinking to:
Go 2x10. Internet research suggests need a spacer if swapping in a 10spd cassette but otherwise straightforward.
Will need new chain and decent brifters - 105? Suggestions welcome but has to be wallet friendly. Need to think about gear ratio - audax/light touring friendly but not too spinny.
See if wheelset needs to be lighter. Opportunity to go full audax and get a front dynamo hub? Hmm, could be spendy but opportunity to learn how to build a wheel.
Wider tyres - 28mm depending on rim width of existing wheels.
Mudguards - GB, size tbc.
Change finishing kit, Look pedals to give a nod to its 90s trek heritage and a cambium carved saddle.
Get rid of those decals. First priority (no ££ needed!)
Rack/suitable luggage - probably a super c bar bag and saddle bag.
Need to do a proper shopping list once I’ve seen the bike in real life and worked out monthly spend.