Originally Posted by squirtdad

I am with the others that say, put some faster/lighter tires on this and ride the heck out of it. Learn how to do maintenance and think about what you want in the future.

Even buying ebay/etc it will cost a lot to upgrade and there will not be much gain either performance wise or weight wise.

Save the $$ and do n+1...get another bike in the future...maybe a road bike or gravel bike or??? depending on what you want to do, The trek 7300 is a good hybrid, use if for the good that it is.