Originally Posted by
Danmozy66
I hear your point, but to me all that seems like more work is what I’m saying. It’s less plug and play. I also like the idea of original parts on a bike as riding it as it was designed. Just wondering which bikes were manufactured to this criteria. I guess you’re right, any road bike (or hybrid!) with cantis would do.
The point of this post is for help determining what exactly the nice versions of those bikes are so I can look out for them.
Keep an eye out for the 90s era Trek 750 hybrids. These were Trek's top end hybrids and they more or less had the same geometry as Trek's touring bike, the 520. The neat thing is that they tend to fly under the radar price wise since they're hybrids. I picked up one recently that I plan on converting to drops and running indexed 3 x 7 (which came stock on the bike) or maybe 3 x 9.