Uprade components or buy a new bike?
07-31-06, 09:24 PM
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Uprade components or buy a new bike?
Trying to figure out what to do here. I have an '03 OCR-1 like the one below that had it's components severely downgraded. It's got Sora shifters/derailers and God knows what kind of bars, crank and rim/hubs. As it is, it's not that nice of a ride but I'm thinking that a complete, gradual component swap would improve things significantly. Then, there's the other possibility of picking up an Allez Elite or something like that, I wouldn't go any higher than 105 and I'd still be in a low/mid range bike. I ride 4-5 days/week and my rides go from 15-40 miles. My brain's starting to hurt and any input that you guys can give would be gold. 
07-31-06, 09:31 PM
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Most likely, in the long run, a new bike will be the way to go. Upgrading 2/3 of the parts on the bike is likely to run you nearly the cost of a new ride.
07-31-06, 09:37 PM
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As Cuda said upgrading would cost you around the price off the new bike in the long term.
Buy a new bike and keep the old one to ride on a trainer
Buy a new bike and keep the old one to ride on a trainer
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on any bike i'm partial to replacing the drivetrain as a whole. the reason being that if either your chainrings or cogs are worn, they'll wear your chain out faster, which will quickly wear out any new parts you may swap in. if you're upgrading from sora to 105 you're gonna replace a lot more parts than just the drivetrain. shifters as well as probably bottom bracket and brakes. you should also replace the bars and headset as well if you've been riding that bike for awhile.
do you really like the frame or something? if no, i wouldn't even think about upgrading the components on it... i have gone this route in the past, and it ended up being more trouble and expense than it was worth. too much time and money wasted. you will be able to find some great deals on this years closeouts in these coming months.
do you really like the frame or something? if no, i wouldn't even think about upgrading the components on it... i have gone this route in the past, and it ended up being more trouble and expense than it was worth. too much time and money wasted. you will be able to find some great deals on this years closeouts in these coming months.
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I was in a somewhat similar position not too long ago. Long story short, it was more cost effective to buy a new bike. The only reason I was considdering upgrading is that instead of spending a ton of money at once, I could spend a ton and a half of money over time. Go on, get a new bike.
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Sad but true as said. Buy a new bike. Upgrading can be like going to Sears parts place to build a dishwasher. For $4000 you've built yourself a $400 dishwasher.
